We visited on Batik factory… sorry about the horrible photography. I’m not sure I was allowed to use my camera here.
These Batik materials created by the artists are used as dresses, shirts, sarongs & beach wear. 
Handmade Batiks are also seen as table cloths, wall hangings, wall pictures, bed covers, cushion covers, etc.
Batiks are produced by multiple waxing process and dyeing of cloth. First the desired pattern is drawn on a plain piece of material.
Molten wax is then applied to those areas of cloth that are not to be dyed (pic below)…
Next, the material is immersed in the required dye (colour) and washed when the colour has set. If more colours are desired, then the process of waxing and dyeing is repeated till the desired results are met…
I believe, even now, one artist creates the entire batik from start to finish.
These are a great gifts or souvenirs from the Sri Lankan islands.
