Batik: Painting with Hot Wax
Posted by Krissy PondenBatik techniques have been practiced in Indonesia for over a thousand years, and today it is not only a way to decorate fabric for clothing and sarongs, but also a legitimate artistic medium. Traditional Balinese batiking involves hot melted wax, which protects cloth fibers from colored dyes. The wax is applied with either a tjap (pronounced “chop”), an intricate metal stamp or a tjanting needle for delicate handwork. After looking at images of Balinese art for inspiration, the eighth graders created their own designs to wax and transferred them in pencil onto fabric. The students alternated between applying layers of wax with tjanting needles and their own handmade tjaps. They painted with dye until their design was complete and then ironed off the wax to reveal the stunning images.
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