Frangipani Batik Pattern
A frangipani flower with long leaves, drawn in clean lines ready to wax onto cotton.
Batik maker
Hand-waxed batik cloth, made in small batches by the sea in Galle
I’m Nimali. I draw wax lines on cotton with a tjanting, dye each cloth in a bath, and sell the patterns, a few guides, and small runs of finished cloth.
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OpensNovTwelve metres of hand-waxed cotton dyed in one run. Join the waitlist and I will write the morning it opens.
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Later
A pocket guide to tjanting tips
A small folded card of the tips I use most. An idea so far.
A blue and gold colour set
A group batik day
Newsletter
Wax Notes
A short letter every other Sunday about one cloth, one pattern and one thing the veranda taught me.
Hello, I’m Nimali
I work on a veranda in Galle, close enough to the fort that the sea air gets into the wax. I learned batik from an aunt who made sarongs, and I kept her copper tjanting, which still drips when I hold it too long.
I draw every pattern by hand, wax it onto the cloth and dye it in a bath. Each pattern lists the cloth, the colours and how hard it is. I keep the runs small, a dozen cloths at a time, and a new post comes every other Sunday.