Creative Batik

Rosi Robinson shows how to create beautiful batik designs and pictures, teaching all the techniques required through 9 step-by-step projects. From making simple marks and drawing with wax to dipping and painting with dyes, etching, cracking, discharging and more, this book contains all you need to create beautiful batik. A history of batik sets the scene and then there is detailed advice on all the materials and preparations required. There is artistic advice on using colour and on how to use hard wax, stamps, brushes and cantings (tjantings) through a series of appealing projects. Skills are built with each project and all templates are provided. A gallery of beautiful batik artworks provides inspiration for beginners and experienced artists alike.

Book Contents

Introduction
History
Materials
Types of fabric
Frames
Waxing Equipment
Dyeing materials
Getting Started
The working area
Preparation of fabric
Stretching the fabric
Preparing the wax
Mixing dyes
Understanding colour
Techniques
Waxing with candles
Book Cover
Waxing with stamps
Simple Landscape
Waxing with a brush
Leaf Scarf
Flower panel
Cantings
Doodle Lampshade
Bowl of Fruit
Boat with reflections panel
Etching
Sgraffitto Fish
Discharging
Apple panel
Gallery
Index