Batik: 21 Beautiful Projects Using Simple Techniques (The Weekend Crafter) - Softcover

Light, Diana

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9781579904944: Batik: 21 Beautiful Projects Using Simple Techniques (The Weekend Crafter)

Synopsis

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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Reviews

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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