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Noor Arfa Batik

Noor Arfa

Noor Arfa is a pioneer of the much acclaimed batik industry in Malaysia. The Noor Arfa story has a humble beginning in 1980 in a small atelier in Kuala Terengganu when the husband and wife team of Wan Mohd. Ariffin and Noor Hijerah started designing and hand-drawing their own batik cloth. The venture, known as Noor Arfa, is an acronym derived from the combination of the names of this young and enterprising couple. It was soon destined to grow by leaps and bounds to the multi-million dollar corporation it is today.
But success did not come without painstaking patience and hard work. Always improvising and striving for the best in batik designs, Noor Arfa won the admiration and recognition from the local community for their meticulous design and high quality fabrics.
Already, Noor Arfa has achieved the status and rare distinction of being the largest batik producing in the country, with distribution centre spread throughout the nation. The factory itself occupies a sprawling 2.5 acres site in the Cendering Industrial Area of Kuala Terengganu.It houses not only the manufacturing facility but also one of Malaysia's largest batik showroom at (Lot 1048-K, Chendering Industrial Area, 21080 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu Darul Iman, Malaysia).It is frequented daily by bus loads of tourist eager to see the best batik the idyllic state of Kuala Terengganu has to offer. Our showroom and marketing office in Terengganu is located at this address

Batik Making

An age old craft of batik making comes alive at Noor Arfa

Hand Drawn Batik

It is based on the artist's imagination and creativity. The artist begins by using a small pen-like container filled with hot-melted wax. It is then hand-drawn onto a white fabric. The gracefulness and speed of their free hand never ceases to amaze one's attention. It is a beauty of the highest form of traditional batik.
Colouring Process - For high quality hand drawn batik to be produced, the manual process is used. The enclosed area is painted with different colours to suit the individual tastes.
Dewaxing Process - After the coloured batik fabric has dried, it will be soaked in a fixer solution for 8 hours. This is to retain the colours so that it becomes permanent.

Block Print Batik

A block designed will be soak in a hot melted wax and print it on the white cloth. After block printed, the cloth will be dye in a specific colour.
After the printed cloth had been dyed, it will be print with the selected design.
Dewaxing Process - After the printed batik is done for the third time, it is boiled for dewaxing. After that the printed batik will be rinse and hange for drying.