Demand growing for traditional block printed batik

The art of batik: Malaysia Handicraft Development Corporation Kelantan division director Juhari Azmi testing his skills at batik drawing during his visit to the craft exhibition at KB Mall. (Left) Md Ghani giving a demonstration on the block batik method. — Bernama

TUMPAT: Block technique batik, also known as block printed batik, which was very popular at one time, is now making a comeback among batik operators.

The traditional technique of making batik is now seen as the preference of batik operators.