Thank you for your comment @cryptocariad!

Batik has many way of making it. In Malaysia where I am staying, don't dip the entire fabric into pigments.

In stead, it is done exactly like a water color painting using the frame to pull every edges to make it tight, use brush to color and can do blend, tone and all those techniques. So I draw a line with wax, then colored in with any colors I want. The white boxes will be kept white together with the waxed lines.

I haven't done cracking technique yet, wish I could try one day!!!