by Carol Conklin | Jul 2, 2013
My fans are always asking me how I make my batik art. I thought I would make a poster to show them how it’s done! This is a simplified explanation of all the steps that are involved, but I thought I should share it with you here on my blog as well....
by Carol Conklin | Jun 5, 2013
Here are some process pictures of my large batik (26″x 39″), “Magic Frogs Rising.” You can see the batik in the long shallow dyebath, many pictures of the finished work still covered with wax, and finally covered with paper, a small section...
by Carol Conklin | May 21, 2013
Spring has evolved to what now seems like summer and the month of May is at the end. Memorial Day will always be an anniversary of when we moved to Amity Farm in Hartford, New York at the foothills of the Adirondacks. My Morgan mare, Amity (means friendship), gave her...
by Carol Conklin | May 7, 2013
Every spring I can’t help but be reminded of the strong relationship between farmers and the seasons. Spring of course is the beginning of the cycle. The season of optimism. Farmers forget their troubles of winter. There is the frozen water, the cold machines...
by Carol Conklin | Apr 24, 2013
My Sheep on a Sunny Summer Day batik was featured in the Spring issue of Seasoned, an online magazine by Julie Letowski and McKenzie Goetz. Click here to browse a sample or purchase the magazine, which also has a lot of wonderful fresh food recipes and well written...
