Summary

Batik is a form of wax resist whereby hot wax is applied to cloth, or paper, which is then covered with dye. The wax will resist the dye and, therefore, a simple pattern is created. By the repeated application of the wax, followed by repeated applications of dyes, in various colours, a complicated pattern can be built up, and indeed a picture or painting. Students will learn the basic techniques of batik, and produce one or more colourful traditional batik designs or pictures on fabric, and several experimental works on paper.

Description

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Level

Suitable for all levels

Course Location

Missenden Abbey
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire HP16 0BD

Tutor

Angela Lenman

A member of the Batik Guild, I have been working in batik for over 30 years. My earliest work was figurative, on cotton, exploring the way the image slowly emerges through the application of alternate layers of wax and dye. More recently I have experimented with all kinds of paper, using bleach to discharge the colours as well as applying dyes. The resulting work is more abstract, and different papers are sometimes combined to form a collage.
 
Surrey Guild of Craftsmen
Batikguild.org.uk