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Batik Fabric

Date released

Feb 1966

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

45

NoS ID

327725

Story no

2 / 4

COI synopsis: About London dress designer Noel Dyrenforth who uses the traditional batik technique.

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Malaysian Batik (1994 Multimedia)

Subject

Crafts

Distribution

Sale, 30 slides., 2000 sale: £32.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

A antroduction and guide to the techniques of batik work, demonstrated by one of Malaysia’s leading batik artists, Najib Dawa.

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Batik Artist

Date released

Nov 1965

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

42

NoS ID

327710

Story no

3 / 5

COI synopsis: A display of Batik painting by Malaysian artist Chuah Thean Teng and of wood and metal sculpture by Cheun Yee of Hong Kong at the Commonwealth Art Gallery in London.

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Batik: The Living Art (1990 Video)

Director

Suj Ahmed

Producer

Kay Phillips

Subject

Crafts

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

Batik is used all over the Third World for fabric design and has been incorporated in many of the world’s leading fashion designer’s collections. Works of art produced by the batik method are not...

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Batik Factory

Date released

1972

Series name

London Line

Issue no

415

NoS ID

326687

COI synopsis: Visit to a factory in Northern England which designs and produces batiks for Africa.

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Indonesian Batik Artists

Date released

Feb 1974

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

141

NoS ID

328187

Story no

2 / 5

COI synopsis: Fabric printing using wax at Java in Indonesia.

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Miao Year (1964 Film)

Director

William R Geddes

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A detailed ethnographic study of the Miao tribe, who practice shifting agriculture, in northern Thailand. Shows details of Miao ritual, the cultivation of agricultural produce (maize, rice and the opium...

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Threading Time (1990 Video)

Director

Rashpal Dhaliwal

Producer

Susannah Lopez

Subject

Crafts

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

Narrative, archive footage and interviews are mixed with the artwork of Bhajan Hunchar and Shaeen Merali to give a voice to India’s tradition of spinning and weaving. Bhajan Hunchar’s paintings...

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Ajrakh: Mordant Resist, Batik and Tie Dye (2000)

Producer

Janet Willougby

Subject

Anthropology; Crafts

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £14.99

Ajrakh is the last type of cloth to be made by the mordant-resist process, which was used for over 1000 years in India; its detailed patterns were introduced by the Moghuls and are reputed to be of Sufi...

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Thai Hilltribe Embroideries (2002)

Subject

Anthropology; Crafts

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £14.99

The videos in the SURVIVING TRADITIONS series have all been filmed on location in countries where craft traditions still survive. This film has been made with the cooperation of the local people. It is not a...

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