Sunday, September 8, 2013

Batik Dye

Today we used fabric dye and wax - this is a traditional art form called batik.
Watch this short video clip to see how it works.









We used paraffin candles which would drip onto the fabric as we did not have a xjanting tool.  (Maybe next time!)




Then we were able to soak the fabric in our dye.  We also added some other colours by directly applying the dye to areas that we wanted to change. 



Next week we will iron out the wax.