Koch snowflakes batik design / Norzieha Mustapha ...[et al.]

Batik in Malaysia is a very popular textile,
especially in Malaysia's east coast, Kelantan, Terengganu and
Pahang. Its uniqueness in batik designs reflecting local
identity, distinguish it from its counterpart, the Indonesian
batik. The most popular motifs in Malaysian batik are leaves
and flowers as well as some geometric designs such as spiral.
However, more innovative ideas are needed to meet the
demand in designing Malaysian batik. An effort to provide
such great inspiration to the designer is through a project
using mathematics geometry with the aid of sophisticated
computer software and graphics. Mathematics and art have a
long historical relationship, commonly known as fractals. Koch
snowflake is a kind of geometrical shape and is one of the
earliest fractals. Koch snowflake has great potential to be a
motif design for Malaysian batik because of its simplicity and
beauty and yet never been extensively explored before. The
impact of this product to the society is to demonstrate the
importance of mathematics in the world of fashion as well as
enhancing the commercialization of Malaysian Batik using
fractals