ART STUDIO Research about batik Type of batik

ART STUDIO Research about batik

Type of batik : *HAND DRAWN BATIK *BLOCK PRINTED BATIK

HAND DRAWN BATIK Hand drawn batik is where the design are drawn on the fabric with hot liquid Wax by using a metal object called canting.

BLOCK PRINTED BATIK The canting will be replaced by a Copper bock or sometimes a wooden Stamp with artistically patterned bottom.

BATIK ARTIST *Fatimah Chik *Khalil Ibrahim

Fatimah Chik Fatimah was born on August 31, 1947 in Pontion, Johor, Malaysia. She had nine siblings; an even split between boys and girls. Her father was a telephone operator and her mother a fashion designer. “My mother was so talented. She created traditional Malaysian clothing for all ages. She was known for her embroidery. My grandfather was a woodcarver. He built houses without nails. All the pieces fit together. The art was in my blood, but I just didn’t know it then. ” Art was the last thing on her mind when she entered the Mara Institute of Technology at the age of 20. “I wanted to do stenography, ” she remembers. “It was a short course, I could be out earning a living in a year and a half. ” At that time, the institute was launching an applied arts program and recognizing that Fatimah had shown artistic promise in high school, they convinced her to enroll in the inaugural program. “I didn’t know what applied arts meant, ” she laughed. After six months of foundational training, she was given the opportunity to choose a speciality. She chose textile and fashion design, graduating in 1971 with a Bachelor of Design in Textile.

Khalil Ibrahim Khalil was born in 1934 in Kelantan. He is one of the few Malaysians to have received their art training at Central St. Martins School of Art and Design in London in the 60's. His career spans four decades with many solo and group exhibitions held in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Switzerland. Khalil had a joint exhibition with artist Yeoh Jin Ling at the Australian High Commission in 1984. Using acrylic, oil, watercolour and in batik , his preference for figuration has led to memorable images of men and women from the east coast malay fishing villages dramatically set against stark backgrounds of blues and greens and watercolour landscapes of east coast villages.

ARTWORK FATIMAH CHIK

ARTWORK KHALIL IBRAHIM

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