Steef Crombach is an artist from the Netherlands. Batik is a wax-resist process for dyeing textiles that’s been practiced for centuries. Together, they complicate the boundaries of fine art with what the artist refers to as her “hacked batik” process.
Crombach’s first experience with batik was in her primary school art class. “I believe I made a flower with a terracotta background,” she says. Though batik is traditionally associated with Indonesia, the unique approach to dying fabric traveled to The Netherlands in the wake of colonialism. By the time Crombach was exposed to it, it was thought of as a handicraft — something your grandmother may have learned in a home-ec class.
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