With some plain fabric, dye, wax, everyday materials, and the streamlined simple-to-learn process that unfolds in colorful photos, you can create 21 magnificent projects of all kinds. Unusual pillows to spruce up an old couch? A breathtaking card for a certain someone? It’s all here along with many more fun things to make. You can jump right in, creating these wonderful items as you try out a variety of techniques that take a fresh, contemporary approach to this traditional art. Spice up lunchtime with a pretty decorated bag for carrying your food; the attractive circular pattern is stamped on with an ordinary spool. Decorate delicate café curtains with petals and a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
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A craft derived from ancient Asian cultures adopts a decidedly modern visage under the tutelage of artist Light. This volume in the Weekend Crafter series simplifies the art of wax-resist dyeing, or batik, enough so that novices can handily turn out one of the 21 easy-to-emulate projects--perhaps not in two days, but in less time than readers might envision. The secret? The book provides robust how-to color photographs and specifies, for the most part, readily available household equipment (eliminating budgetary strains). Armed with a traditional tjanting or wan pen and enough safety precautions, a newbie batiker chooses, then, from household accessories--lunch bag, pillows, slipcovers--to wearables and gifts such as a wren t-shirt, wine gift bag, or chiffon sarong. To ensure project perfection, Light adds sidebars and tips at appropriate text points--the right fabrics, symbol interpretations on dye packages, avoiding the clinginess of chiffon while working. The demystification of a much-valued, centuries-old textile art. Barbara Jacobs
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Perfect for this absolute beginner,
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Often, there is a disconnect between the author of a beginner's craft book and the reader, and the techniques and projects offered are beautiful, inspiring, but frustratingly not-so-simple. (Or, less frequently, the projects are simple but uninteresting and dull.) This book contains several projects that not only look do-able for someone looking to complete their first batik project but are also inspiring, pretty, and useful. The book includes a short history of batik and a useful explanation of common equipment and equipment alternatives. Highly recommended for beginners like me!
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What a Surprise!,
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This review is from: Batik: 21 Beautiful Projects Using Simple Techniques (The Weekend Crafter) (Paperback)
When I picked up this book, I thought it was a book to make projects using Batik fabric. It's not! It's a book to show you how to MAKE your own batik fabric. It reviews the history of Batiks, tools and material you will need and talks about fabrics that work with making batiks, dye baths and more.
The projects are cute and simple. This book gives you the basics on getting started in making your own batik fabrics. I've never done any dyeing of fabric except tie-dye in high school, but this is so interesting. I think after I get a few of the projects under my belt, I will have the confidence in this gorgeous craft to make some beautiful art for clothing and art for walls. The photographs are clear and demonstrate the technique. The directions seem easy and they are consistently the same. List of materials, then list of what you need for the dyebath which include things like soda and salt. Great book.
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