Celebrated by designers, tastemakers, and pattern-lovers for centuries, batik is both a type of fabric and an ancient dyeing technique with a long and complicated history. Often grouped with other ...

Artist Cindy Wilson will teach the technique of using batik (wax-resist dyeing on cloth) to create complex modern representational images on cotton during a special workshop from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Batik is an ancient form of dyeing textiles in which hot wax is applied to a piece of cloth in some design. When the cloth is submerged in a dye bath, the parts covered with wax resist the pigment.

Sherrill, N.Y.-- Ukrainian Easter eggs, known as pysanky, are a thousands of years old art using wax resist and dye to stencil the ornate traditional designs of the Ukraine as well as several other ...