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
Rosi 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 for the last 23 years has been 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. Rosi lives in Horsted Keynes, Sussex, UK.
This book explores some of the techniques that can be used with wax
and dyeing fabric to create amazing effects. The focus is on
producing patterns and designs that can be straightforward or more
complex, depending on your comfort zone.
There are good guidelines for getting started – preparing the wax
and brushes, fabric and dyeing chemicals, so you could tackle batik
with the book from a beginner’s perspective. Using stamps, brushes,
etching and cracking, tjanting and discharging are all covered,
explained by using a different project for each technique. Fully
illustrated instructions are provided for each. What is
particularly good about this book is that the projects take the
stance that you can work outside the typical associations of batik
patterns (mainly via stamped or tjanting designs). Many projects
have a pictorial base, such as a fruit bowl or a boat on water, and
this makes you
realise that you have plenty of freedom with batik techniques. The
Gallery contains many photos of some amazing work such as a
Venetian Canal, landscapes, seaside scenes and people, giving the
reader a taste of the possibilities.
*Workshop on the Web*
This is an update on a 2001 edition. It has become a classic book
on batik. What you get is - introduction, getting started,
techniques, projects and a gallery. If you have always wanted to
try batik, this is the book for you. This book introduces the
reader to different techniques, both traditional and modern such as
using candles, stamps, brushes, etching, cracking and cantings as
well as discharging. The book demonstrates batik on all levels from
simple to the exquisite examples of finished work and is therefore
suitable for all skill levels. There are 9 projects to follow and
these will give rise to many more ideas of your own. The book
is well illustrated with many photos and the instructions are
clear.
*Yarnsandfabrics.co.uk*
To ensure you get a real feel for the strong tradition that goes
hand in hand with batik, this book begins with a history of the art
streching back more than 2,000 years. From the past though, the
book quickly moves forward to provide descriptions of all the tools
and equipment needed for Batik in the present day. There are
several interesting projects covered in the book each with clear
step-by-step instructions. Fish, fruit and flowers are all dealt
with so it's simply a matter of taking your pick and getting
started. Finally there's also an inspiration gallery section, which
consists of mnay amazing pieces of work. The delicate tones and
fine details of these pictures show you exactly what can be
achieved given time and effort.
*Practical Craft*
Explore your creative side with this colourful, practical guide to
the many different dyeing and waxing techniques used in batik.
Summer is almost here and time to create your own fabulous fabric
decorated with flowers, trees, birds, animals, landscapes and
abstract patterns. The book contains information on using candles
and wax crayons, stamps and cantings, overdipping, painting, random
waxing and discharging. Projects include book covers, scarves,
panels, lampshades, and much more. It is difficult not to be
tempted and inspired by this book.
*Sewing World*
This is a colourful and highly attractively designed volume, such
as we have come to expect from Search Press abd with a practical
appeal. The expert author describes techniques and tools
methodically, comprehensively, clarifying them for the novice, and
succeeds in making the reader believe they can do it., When it
comes to the different projects proposed however, one's enthusiam
may well pale off: 'a doodled lampshade' for example may not be
what you have always wished to know how to batik, and the very
impressive illustrations realistic landscapes and bowls of fruit
and flowerws may cause you to reflect that painting on canvas or
tapestry weaving, might be more preferable to the more messy
methods of batik for blending colours and dyes for painterly
effects. If fired to use4 this medium, an individual will, as
always, need to abstract the techniques and find their own
inspiration.
*Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers*
Rosi Robinson shows how to create a stunning range of beautiful
batik designs, patterns and pictures using a series of innovative
step-by-step projects. She explores many different techniques from
making simple marks and drawing with wax, to dipping and painting
with dyes, etching, cracking, discharging and more
*Crafts Council*
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