Batik Workshop: Create Your Own Batik Cloth

Join our interactive Batik workshop in Sri Lanka. Create your own Batik cloth, guided by expert instructors. Perfect for small groups. Book now!

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Thalapiyannawa Road - This unique Batik workshop will be conducted in a very interactive and engaging manner. It will give you a deep understanding of Traditional Wax Batik & Batik painting technology. The end-to-end process of picking a fabric drawing and finally completing the waxwork will be covered, with the attendees getting an opportunity to try out all the relevant steps on their own under the watchful guidance of our instructor.

· Fabric Selecting
· Wax mixtures and Waxing techniques
· Tools: - Funnel / Tjanting / Henry tool
· Wax spraying
· Stamping
· Cracking
· Brush arts
· Wax designing
· Dyes & applications
· Dye mixtures & techniques: - Naphthol Dyes / Vat dyes / Reactive dyes
· Wax burning & Wax boiling (De waxing)

What to Expect

Hands On Experience:
You will get to create your own Batik Cloth under the watchful guidance of the Batik Expert

Traditional Setting:
Our Workshop is conducted by a very experienced couple. They have been in the industry for many decades. Their home studio is nice and cozy and has all the traditional equipment

A refreshing herbal tea

What's Included
  • All tools and equipment needed for the Batik workshop
  • Cloth and other material needed for the program
  • All fees and taxes
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Hands-on Batik Experience, which is a very engaging and interactive step-by-step session covering all the aspects of creating a Batik Cloth. You will get to create your own design and take it as a souvenir. You will work with traditional tools and will get the opportunity to witness how the batik instructor who also is a batik creator works on a day to day basis. Given that the group size is small you will get an opportunity to ask questions. The instructor will personally guide each participant where they would require help.

Location
Thalapiyannawa Road
All visitors will need to arrive at the location of the studio 10 mins prior to the commencement of the session
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Sherpa31363581033
Aug 6, 2024
Amazing workshop - It was an amazing experience! We had an amazing time with the host family. The workshop itself was very educative and interactive. We made some interesting designs on a piece of clothing and later on made it in a bag that can be used for different things. Thank you very much, hope to see you again soon!
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N9361lvtoms
Aug 5, 2024
My favourite Sri Lanka experience. - Had such an amazing time at the interactive batik workshop! Was fascinating to see how the process works and get involved with each step along the way. The mother and daughter partnership were great teachers and really enjoyed chatting to get a deeper insight into the amazing Sri Lanka culture. The process itself was incredibly relaxing and felt like a form of meditation, with the peaceful setting of the workshop only hearing birds chirping overhead adding to the experience. Could not recommend more to anyone trying to fill their creative urges in Sri Lanka, you get to take the bag home with you too which is the best souvenir possible. Thank you so much for our best experience so far in this beautiful country :)
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Susan_f
Aug 3, 2024
We had had a lovely... - We had had a lovely morning learning the Batik process. Each step was explained and demonstrated really well which made it easy to follow. The family lovely and a lot of hard work went into the morning. We made a great bag that will be a great memory of Sri Lanka. It was 4 hours long which seemed a bit long at times but it is needed for the process to be completed. It could be possibly to create a smaller bag/pencil case in a shorter amount of time. Would highly recommend!
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