Creative Batik

by Robinson, Rosi

• ISBN13: 9781782214083
• ISBN10: 1782214089
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-08-08
• Publisher: Search Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Rosi Robinson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, but was educated in England and the USA. She graduated from Vassar College in NY, USA with a history degree, but began to teach art in Primary schools and was Head of Art at Cumnor House School in Danehill, Sussex. Her interest in batik began in 1970 and since then she has given batik workshops to adults and children throughout the world. She has exhibited in Europe, Canada, USA, China and Japan, and has travelled widely in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

Table of 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