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In Creative Batik you will discover how adaptable batik is. You do not have to be good at drawing or painting to produce stunning results because the wax, dyes and fabric do a lot of the work for you. The projects in this book are intended to provide a starting point from which you can develop your own ideas. Rosi Robinson explains the basic principle that wax and water resist each other which will help you gain the confidence to develop the technique further. Rosi states if she can do batik, so can you! So let's get started.

 

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Author: Rosi Robinson
Pages: 96
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: Search Press
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4Q0243
Weight: 1.5 lb

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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..

About the Author

Rosi Robinson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and educated in England and the USA, graduating with a BA in History from Vassar College, New York. Her interest in batik began in 1970 while at teacher training college. She is now Head of Art of Cumnar House School in Danehill, Sussex, England.

Rosi has held workshops and exhibited in Canada, the USA and Europe, and traveled widely in Indonesia and China, where she studied batik, lectured and exhibited her work. Trips to Canada, Indonesia and China have influenced her subject matter, which varies widely from landscapes and seascapes to portraits and sporting scenes. Although her pictures are principally figurative, she enjoys experimenting with wax and dyes, developing ideas in more abstract ways in cotton, silk and paper.

Rosi is married with two children and lives in Sussex, but spends her summers in Nova Scotia, Canada.

 

Table of Contents

 
Introduction 6
History 10
Materials 14
Getting Started21
Techniques 28
Using Hard Wax30
Abstract book cover31
Using Stamps36
Simple landscape cushion cover 37
Using Brushes44
Leaf scarf45
Vase of flowers panel50
Etching and Cracking56
Sgraffito fish panel57
Using Cantings62
Doodled lampshade63
Bowl of fruit panel 67
Boat with reflections panel 72
Discharging 76
Apple panel77
Gallery 80
Index 96

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Techniques and Examples
Techniques and Examples

Bowl Full of Fruit
Bowl Full of Fruit Panel

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Technique

Sgraffito Fish PanlVase Full of flowers Panel

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Leaf ScarfSimple Landscape Cushion Cover
Leaf Scarf and Simple Landscape Cushion Cover

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