Zimbabwe, besides being one of the most beautiful countries in Africa, having wild animals and Victoria Falls, it has some of the nicest outgoing people. All of this is reflected in their artwork. One of their most spectacular examples of their traditional artwork are their handpainted batiks. It is a unique process and labor of love to make these batiks. The batiks are bright, colourful and whimsical. The motifs are based on traditional characters. The quality of the cotton is superb. It comes from the Zimbabwe mills and it is of a double thickness. They are easy to wash and iron.  

It is a multi step process: First they start with high quality cotton. They make a mixture of cornflour  “Sadza”  and water which goes into a squeegee bottle. They then draw with this mixture onto the cotton a variety of motifs. Next it goes into the sun to dry. Then it comes back placed on a large table and all the artists gather around and handpaint with non-chemical paint. They then run a uniform wax over and again in the sun to dry. As you can imagine the yards of these small family run factories always look like washing day.