elephant

The talented Alaya Cholprasertsuk of Thailand presents this charming cotton batik scarf. The artisan meticulously creates the colourful elephants using the ancient art of batik, which uses wax resistance techniques to create patterns on fabric.

Against a daffodil background, a black elephant decorates the centre of this table runner, flanked by triangle motifs and abstract designs. Ghanaian artisan K. Baka creates this cotton runner, which is decorated using the batik method, where a wax resist is hand-painted onto the fabric before it is treated with colourful dyes.