The tent poles had been turned into palm trees, and the tables covered with blue and white batik cloths.

Instead of utilizing his law degree as a profession, he started his career as a designer using traditional, hand-made batik cloth.

Traditionally batik cloth is a large piece of intricately decorated cloth used by Javanese women as kemben or torso wrap.

Later for men, the batik cloth also sewn and made into contemporary batik men's shirt.

Sometimes batik cloth is made into wearable clothing such as a sarong or men's shirts.

During these rites little doll-like figures representing the spirits are clothed in batik cloth and are presented with food and drink.

The development and refinement of Indonesian batik cloth was closely linked to Islam.

Around her were piled thick bundles of batik cloth from Indonesia and Thailand, evidence of her sideline trade.

This museum also operates a nonprofit crafts centre, which stocks a good range of batik cloth, woodcarvings and textiles at fixed prices.

She said she had found the sealike colors soothing, and had played around with the idea of making a reproduction of it in embroidery, on batik cloth.