Man tie dyeing cotton, Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat State, India

Workers applying wax-resist using a copper plate stamp (cap), Wirakuto batik workshop, Pekalongan, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Cloth coated with wax-resist dyeing, Oey Soe Tjoen Batik factory, Pekalongan, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Zahir Widadi's home and workshop, specialist in batik indigo dyes, Pekalongan, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Women using a pen-like tool (canting) to apply liquid hot wax to create pattern on the fabric without preliminary drawing, Nyah Kiok batik house, craft production by seven women for over 30 years, Lasem, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast

Women 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

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

Woman using a pen-like tool (canting) to apply liquid hot wax to create pattern on fabric without preliminary drawing, Nyah Kiok 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

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

Men washing the starch 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

Hand block printing, second process, visually registered, using natural dyes on cotton, 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

Cloth hanging up to dry in the dyers souk in Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Sari production, Pali, Rajasthan, India

Workers, Sanganer dyeing centre near Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Dyeing fabric, historical dyeing with plants, vegetable dye,

Printed and dyed fabrics, Sanganer dyeing centre near Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

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