Women using a pen-like tool (canting) to apply liquid hot wax in the batik-making process, Wirakuto batik workshop, Pekalongan, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman using a pen-like tool (canting) to apply liquid hot wax to create pattern on the fabric before dyeing, workshop of Kidang Mas Batik House, Lasem, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman using a pen-like tool (canting) to apply liquid hot wax to create pattern on the fabric before dyeing, workshop of Kidang Mas Batik House, Lasem, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Rinsing stage in dyeing process, Kidang Mas Batik House, Lasem, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Feet fulling of cloth in the dyeing process, Kidang Mas Batik House, Lasem, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Feet fulling of cloth in the dyeing process, Kidang Mas Batik House, Lasem, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Dyeing, Kidang Mas Batik House, Lasem, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Lurik House workshop using Shibori technique, Dien by Dinar, contemporary batik, Sondakan district, Solo (Surakarta), Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Lurik House workshop using eco-printing technique, using sap from teak leaves as natural dyes, and at the same time creating the motif, Dien by Dinar, contemporary batik, Sondakan district, Solo (Surakarta), Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Men washing the starch or dye out of cotton cloth in running water, before drying ready for indigo dyeing, Bhuj district, Gujarat, India, Asia

Muslim dye master immersing block printed cotton fabric in hot indigo solution for dyeing, Bhuj district, Gujarat, India, Asia

A man cleaning wool for dyeing in the small village of Angkor Ban, Battambang Province, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Muslim man showing hand block printed fabric using natural dye made from plants and roots, Bhuj district, Gujarat, India, Asia

Muslim man, skilled bhandani tie-dye master, tying precise small knots in red silk, in preparation for second colour dyeing, Mandvi, Gujarat, India, Asia

Dye worker cleaning pots in small bhandani tie-dye workshop, Mandvi, Gujarat, India, Asia

Two men squeezing yellow dye out of cotton fabric over a metal bowl heated over gas flame, Naupatana weaving village, rural Orissa, India, Asia

Two men squeezing yellow dye out of cotton fabric over a metal bowl heated over gas flame, Naupatana weaving village, rural Orissa, India, Asia

Fabrics produced by tie and dye process, Bhuj town, Kutch district, Gujarat state, India, Asia

A Mayan woman use natural dyes to color fabrics. Ixoq Ajkeem comunity, San Juan La Laguna, Solol√°, Guatemala. Santiago Atitlan, lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

Dyeing fabric, historical dyeing with plants, vegetable dye,

In the backstreets of Bikaner you will find many fabric dyers, they dye in steaming hot metal pots and every color is available. Bikaner, Rajahstan, India 2007.

Japanese woman standing in a textile plant dye workshop, hanging up freshly dyed bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman outside a textile plant dye workshop, hanging up freshly dyed bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman working in a plant dye workshop, holding up freshly dyed bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese man wearing bandana standing in a textile plant dye workshop, dyeing piece of green fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese man sitting outside a textile plant dye workshop, hanging up freshly dyed pink fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding piece of bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Freshly dyed bright yellow and orange fabric hanging outside a textile plant dye workshop, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman standing outside a textile plant dye workshop, hanging up freshly dyed bright yellow and orange fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding piece of sheer white fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding piece of bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese man standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding aloft piece of freshly dyed bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan