Batik is an ancient craft involving painting and dyeing fabrics that have been masked with a wax resist to produce both subtle and bright color combinations. Sarah Tucker has brought the craft up to date, explaining in easy steps how to achieve attractive results. Beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs, the text focuses on techniques which can be applied to the variety of projects described. Batik provides practical help to beginners, and inspiration to those who have already tried this enjoyable craft.
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Excellent how-to-do-it book,
By pat gaule (London, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Batik (The Art of Crafts) (Hardcover)
This book is exactly what I wanted: a strong, clear, detailed guide to the techniques involved in creating works in batik - pictures, scarves, cushion covers. It's full of illustrations which made it easy to follow but it also encouraged me to be more ambitious, trying out techniques which were quite new to me. Good for a beginner, therefore, but also good for those who already know about batik but want to get to grips with new ideas!
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The precise origins and age of the batik technique are not possible to date accurately. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
frame drawing pins, wax cantings, excess droplets, wax pot, mahogany dye, washing soda crystals, brilliant blue dye, waxed areas, dye powder, final dye, cotton lawn, excess dye, yoghurt pots, excess wax, dark dye, dye bath, foam brush Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Essential Theory, The Projects New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The precise origins and age of the batik technique are not possible to date accurately. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
frame drawing pins, wax cantings, excess droplets, wax pot, mahogany dye, washing soda crystals, brilliant blue dye, waxed areas, dye powder, final dye, cotton lawn, excess dye, yoghurt pots, excess wax, dark dye, dye bath, foam brush Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Essential Theory, The Projects New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The History of Java (Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints) by Stamford Raffles on page 9, and page 10
- Fabric Dyeing and Printing by Kate Wells in Back Matter
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