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      Hand-drawn batik abstract motif, Suhairi Marlina Shamsudin.

      Detail of the kepala of a 1950s block-printed sarong from Terengganu.

      Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions HK Ltd

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      Copyright © 2011 Yayasan Budi Penyayang Malaysia

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher.

      ISBN: 978-1-4629-0878-3 (ebook)

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      Hand-drawn batik floral motif, Noor Arfa Batik.

      Hand-drawn batik floral motif, Lembaga Muzium Negeri Terengganu.

      Fatimah Chik, Entrance, batik, 123 x 164 cm, 1993, Collection: National Art Gallery.

      Datin Paduka Seri Endon Mahmood (1940–2005, posthumously Tun Endon Mahmood), founder and chairman of Yayasan Budi Penyayang Malaysia and patron of the ‘Malaysia Batik—Crafted for the World’ movement.

      contents

       Foreword

       The Beauty of Malaysian Batik

      1

       The Story of Batik

       Paths of Trade

       Textiles as Shared Links

       Traditional Attire

       The Roots of Batik

       Forerunners of Malay Batik

      2

       Malaysia’s Metal Block Batik

       Materials and Methods

       Motifs, Meanings and Colours

       Regional Variations

       The Uses of Stamped Batik

      3

       Malaysia’s New Stylus Batik

       Towards a Malaysian Identity

       Materials and Methods

       Motifs, Meanings and Colours

       The Uses of Stylus Batik

       Stylus Batik Comes of Age

      4

       Sharing Malaysian Batik with the Nation

       Festival Fun

       Showing off Batik

       Encouraging Competition

       Batik in National Identity

      5

       Batik in Contemporary Fashion

       Formal Wear

       Informal Wear

       From Contemporary to Couture

       Up-and-Coming Designers

       Fashion Accessories

       Current Trends

      6

       Batik as Lifestyle

       Soft Furnishings

       Lifestyle Products

       Current Trends

      7

       Batik as Art

       Pioneering Paintings

       A Modern Art Form

       Contemporary Approaches

      8

       Sharing Malaysian Batik with the World

       Creative Links

       Malaysian Batik Goes Global

      9

       Moving Forward

       A Meeting of Minds

       Initiatives and Innovations

       Teaching Batik

       The Business of Batik

       Yayasan Budi Penyayang Malaysia

       Further Reading

       Directories

       Index

       Acknowledgements

      Foreword

      This book is a tribute to my late mother, Endon Mahmood, founder and chairman of Yayasan Budi Penyayang Malaysia (Penyayang), who passed away in October 2005. She established Penyayang as a charitable foundation helping Malaysians to fulfil their potential, and as patron of the ‘Malaysia Batik—Crafted for the World’ movement initiated by the foundation and its subsidiary Batik Guild Sdn Bhd in 2003, she dedicated herself to what she believed was all at once a precious symbol of our cultural heritage, an indelible

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