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Batik demo at Bedlam Farm

October 17, 2019CarolNo Comments

Back in the day, I did a batik demo at Bedlam Farm at their Fall Open House. People often ask me if I give classes, and I usually groan and say no, please, go to my website and look at my tutorials. I have so much on there. Maybe I have too much information and…

Applying second stage wax with tjanting to batik

Planning my designs

August 30, 2019CarolNo Comments

Many people ask me where my inspiration comes, and how do I plan my designs for my batik artwork. I have two different ways of approaching a batik. Some of my batiks are done mostly with the tjanting tool, which is a brass or copper bowl with a spout. The tjanting is a very ancient…

Removing the Wax

August 23, 2019Carol2 commentsbatik, interview, removing wax, tutorial, wax, WMHT

The batik is finally finished, covered with wax, and now it’s time to remove it and reveal the bright colors underneath. There are several ways to do this. Some artists, especially in Indonesia, boil the wax out of the fabric. This has the advantage of having the wax rise to the top, and when it…

Batik Tutorial

February 27, 2019CarolNo Comments

Here is a batik tutorial video clip from 2015.

The Fence — Serti Technique

October 15, 2018CarolNo Comments

Silk Painting and the Fence Star, my pony, has been so good about respecting the one line white poly tape fences that I put up and move frequently. This gives her new sections of grass. She happily eats within the area and there is a line at the edge where eaten to uneaten grass meet….

Thunderstorm in process

Batik, starting with black fabric: A twist

September 7, 2016Carol5 comments

Sometimes I have tried a different approach to a batik and I have started working with the black fabric and gone through many stages of bleaching out and re-dyeing color in. This first photo shows a picture of the wax on the black fabric in the beginning of my batik, Caught in the Thunderstorm. The strange thing…

Video batik tutorials

June 22, 2016Carol2 commentsbatik, dye bath, ironing, painting dye, tjanting tool, tutorial, wax

People ask me all the time, “How do you do batik?” I used to try to write summaries, but now I can just say go to my website! Last Friday, Maria Wulf of Bedlam Farm came and took video of me doing batik. She wrote some beautiful blog posts about each part of the tutorial…

Batik made easy

August 11, 2015advokate5 comments

People ask how to start batik without making a big investment in supplies. I will have to recommend getting some old sheets, some RIT dye or ready-mixed dye at your local craft store, along with paraffin wax and cheap brushes. (DharmaTrading.com has extensive supplies and that is where I purchased my tjanting tool.) Buy the…

Out of the shadows

August 5, 2014advokate2 comments

Starting with black fabric is an interesting change from how I usually begin with white fabric. It can be a bit difficult seeing where the wax has been applied when you are working with black fabric, but by shining the light a certain way, you do create a reflection that you can build on. Here…

Painting Dye on Fabric – Sunburst

July 8, 2014advokate2 comments

Sunburst was finished last week. I have worked on it for over a year.It went through many waxing and dyeing stages. It also has been bleached out and re-dyed twice. As I came to the final dye bath, I set the dye and dried the batik. I wanted to add some deep red and red…

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