http://www.themalaysiancrafts.com The Malaysian Crafts is all about the malaysian way of living , the food, the talk , gossips, politics and so forth Mon, 19 May 2008 15:19:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the hands of a Master Craftsmen a piece of wood could be turned to the most bizarre crafts on earth. Some so beautiful and rare that they are considered a dead artform that could not be reproduced by the modern men. What do I mean by this? A piece ... http://www.themalaysiancrafts.com/2008/01/21/from-a-piece-of-wood/ Wood is a hard, fibrous, lignified structural tissue produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. This tissue conducts water to the leaves and other growing tissues and has a support function, enabling plants to reach large sizes. Wood may also refer to ... http://www.themalaysiancrafts.com/2008/01/21/the-definition-of-wood/ Silver when it is in its natural look will not carry much weight for the eyes of the beholder. Look below and you would say hmm.. looks like just another piece of metal. As always click for a larger image if you need to see it. Doesnt look like much huh. ... http://www.themalaysiancrafts.com/2008/01/21/the-pounded-nugget-of-silver/ Silver is a very ductile and malleable (slightly harder than gold) monovalent coinage metal with a brilliant white metallic luster that can take a high degree of polish. It has the highest electrical conductivity of all metals, even higher than copper, but its greater cost and tarnishability have prevented it ... http://www.themalaysiancrafts.com/2008/01/21/the-definition-of-silver/ Melted wax is applied to cloth before being dipped in dye. It is common for people to use a mixture of bees wax and paraffin wax. The bee's wax will hold to the fabric and the paraffin wax will allow cracking, which is a characteristic of batik. Wherever the wax ... http://www.themalaysiancrafts.com/2008/01/21/how-is-batik-done/ Batik has been both an art and a craft for centuries. In Java, Indonesia, batik is part of an ancient tradition, and some of the finest batik cloth in the world is still made there. Contemporary batik, while owing much to the past, is markedly different from the more traditional and ... http://www.themalaysiancrafts.com/2008/01/21/the-batik-culture/ Batik (pronunciation: [?ba.te?], but often, in English, is [?bæt?k] or [b??ti?k]) is an Indonesian and Malay word and refers to a generic wax-resist dyeing technique used on textile. The word originates from Javanese word "amba", meaning ”to write” and the Javanese word for dot or point, "titik." It is known to ... http://www.themalaysiancrafts.com/2008/01/21/batik-the-definition/ Well hi there and welcome to The Malaysian Crafts . I first bought this domain with the main idea of featuring multiple crafts from Malaysia. As this country is full of culture from all over the globe the crafts here have evolutioned to a state that it was wanted from ... http://www.themalaysiancrafts.com/2008/01/20/first-and-foremost/