Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Batik Class











I spent the day dying and waxing today.




Since I had a Batik kit from 1973, and have wanted to try it, this was a perfect introduction. It was way too much to tackle on my own, knowing nothing about the process.



Here is what I created. The first is just playing around with the tools. It definately takes practice and knack. Fron there I experimented, made flowers and fish and other designs.


I still need to get the wax out of the fabric by ironing over newspaper, boil it to get all the wax out, then stitch it into something.

2 comments:

  1. SO neat! I have done a batik lesson with my art classes...a more basic and simple approach. I like what you have created. Very cool!

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