What a fabulous day. Carol Page, a member of our quilt group and an art teacher, rented her classroom from the secondary school that she teaches in and organised a batik workshop yesterday. It was lovely to be in such a large room with high work benches and plenty of equipment. I think we were all beginners but there was some lovely work produced by the end of the day. I finished up with this little fish which is about 6 inches square, but on the way to that worked on two samples:
This was in order to get used to the rate of flow of wax from the chantings. I was pleased with the clarity of these images on cotton.
We also worked on a really big piece on a rather rough calico which can be made into a shopping bag. I think it was about 24" square:
It's not completely ironed out or washed yet - that's a job for today!
Thanks Carol for a day of instruction, fun and cake!
Love the yellow, green and grey colours! They all look good, first time or not!!
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful results you achieved.
ReplyDeleteOMG! I LOVE these....every single one of them. I have never tried to do batik but after looking at these I think this is yet another area I NEED to explore.
ReplyDeleteLet me know when you have your own line.......I am a batik-a-holic!
Love doing batik also. Hven't done any since last year, but will be getting back into it again soon. Love your feathers!
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful work. Did you say you've never done this before?
ReplyDeletehow pretty! is it a process you'll be able to replicate at home?
ReplyDeletemagic feathers!
ReplyDeleteI just love these, all of them!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had fun and you came out with some lovely fabric designs. It brought back memories of my student days!
ReplyDeleteWow!! they are lovely...well done!! wish we had classes to go to..something I definitely miss here
ReplyDeleteTake care
Isn't batik fun? And it is surprising how good your first efforts can turn out. Yours are wonderful. Reading about your first timer's enthusiasm makes me want to teach batik classes again.I haven't heated up my wax pot for about 6 months! Maybe its time again. Check out Red Lotus's website on the side bar of my blog. It sells all traditional Indonesian batik supplies, including jtaps (stamps).
ReplyDeleteLovely work! It looks like fun.
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