Three women on a staircase wearing hand-drawn Kithwari batik sarees

Handmade in Sri Lanka

Wax,
dye,
repeat

Every length is drawn by hand in hot wax, then dyed in stages. The crackle you see is the cloth remembering how it was made, and it never happens the same way twice.

34 one-off pieces

Latest work

Fresh off
the frame

A handful of what's ready right now. Each one is a single piece. Once it's gone, it's gone.

See all 34 pieces

Why it costs what it costs

Three days of work
you can hold

  • 01

    Drawn, not printed

    The pattern is applied in molten wax with a tjanting spout, line by line. A printer can copy the look; it cannot copy the hand.

  • 02

    Dyed in stages

    Each colour means another wax layer and another dye bath. A five-colour piece has been through the process five times.

  • 03

    Genuinely one-off

    The wax cracks differently every time. That is why every piece here is photographed individually rather than sold from a sample.

Seen something you like?

Build an order in the shop and send it over, or message us directly. Custom colours and lengths are welcome.