Week 2 Batik

Batik was a blast this week - where were you Sophia?

We did a two color process this week. First we dyed 100% cotton cloth yellow and let it dry. Then in class we created a "doodle" design with the wax and our tjanting tools.






We had some art books to work from for ideas as well as drafting tools. We put the waxed cloth in the refrigerator to cool off and then wadded it to crack the wax. When we applied the dark dye to the fabric it seeped through the cracks in the wax - very cool effect.


Instead of washing the wax out this week we ironed it out. It's a different finish, rather stiff, but with a fuller body finish. The left over wax in the fabric gives it more of a sheen.

I've included some pics of the finished pieces from class. IT WAS FASCINATING and FUN!

Thank you Sylvia for a great class. It's always
fun to experiment and especially to doodle. I didn't realize how relaxing making a doodle could be.

I suppose it's on equal footing with daydreaming!

I'll see all the batik artists in class next week!