Sri Lankan Batik : Arundika on Wax, Cracks, and Turning Craft Into a Global Flex

Arundika Weersekera is a Sri Lankan Architectural Designer and Batik Artist trained in Sri Lanka and the UK, who explains her mission to introduce batik as a contemporary art form to an international audience, expanding from clothing into homeware. She shares her early path from family garment manufacturing to founding Hues of Batik, and how she ultimately came to love architecture, especially the craft-rich, layered sensibility associated with Geoffrey Bawa, while reconnecting with her...