Thursday 15 October 2009

Batik design and colours - Java hand made

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...should say stirred with wooden paddles...

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...should read...in hot wax with the tjanting pen.

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This article is from American Fabrics magazine, Fall, 1972. I found it so interesting. Batiks are one of my least favourite fabric designs - I think as I love symmetry - but I found the article and its detail in the hand-made nature of batik so worthwhile to read...hope you do, too!

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