The Art of Batik
One of my friends recently told me about the craft of Batik. You may have seen this pattern on anything from shirts to sweatshirts, pillows, blankets and more. It's quite common and looks fairly easy, but because the process is a bit tedious and time consuming, a lot of people are turned off by it. I think it's a great way to give your shirt a new life with an ethnic - looking, hippy-ish pattern. Once you get really skilled at the process, you can make some really intricate designs. Batik is all about the pattern and color, so this gives way to many different combinations!
The basic concept of Batik is by pouring hot wax over fabric in your desired pattern. Once the wax has soaked all the way through the fabric, you can scrunch it up and dye it. The result is a beautiful and sometimes suprising pattern! It can be a totally eco-friendly project if you use natural beeswax and use a natural fabric.
Here are some sites that I find useful to help you, especially if its your first time:
Here are some sites to purchase Batik clothing, fabrics and accessories:
i did this back in a high school art class. it's a very fun process that allows you to actually paint the designs you want to have dyed into your fabric. another alternative is to use color reduction via bleach for some really interesting effects.
My mom would do awesome batik stuff, she would even sell her work to the local shop.
Thanks for showing my batik! Just wanted to mention there's lots of different typed of batik waxes.
Soy wax is becoming more common (and some argue more enviromentally friendly) to use, because it can be washed out with hot water, rather than needing to be dry-cleaned (and all the chemicals that entails) or boiled out.
I love Batik so uch, it has an awesome effect. I plan on making something like that bag once i find some useful material.
awwwwwwesome.
i've never seen this before.
trying it asapsss!
Thanks for story!
The Funky Flower looks great!