Shuen uses different types of tjantings (canting) for creating her Batik artworks, some of which are inherited from her mother. The word "Tjanting" is the old Dutch version of the Javanese word "Canting" due to past Dutch colonism in Indonesia. Shuen believes the canting is more than just a tool; it is a direct translation of the artist's soul voice. That is why the artist's feelings affect the molten wax movement on fabric. By being fully present in channeling the flow of wax, you naturally allow healing to take place.

Singaporean-born and Netherlands-based, Shuen-Li Spirit is an award-winning contemporary Batik artist and writer for The Batik Guild UK magazine. Trained as a secondary school teacher with a visual arts education degree, Shuen enjoys sharing with children and adults the magic of Batik painting, and being delighted by their artistic expressions. She demonstrates how she draws in molten wax and other forms of Batik resist with her tjantings in YouTube - ART FOR THE GENTLE SPIRIT.

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