I certainly want to do something with batik again. Through lack of time we couldn’t batik several layers across each. A pity. At home I looked on my shelf with mediums and other chemical stuff and there I fount Jacquard No Flow. Meant to inhibit the dye from flowing. It seemed suitable for an experiment. I partially covered the fabric I batiked during the course with the No Flow. After drying it’s a transparent layer on the fabric which is than impenetrable for dye. Than I dyed it with Silk dye and settled the dye by ironing. After that I washed the fabric in lukewarm water. The No Flow dissolved quickly. The result is nothing to write home about. Because of me messing around the fabric didn’t gain beauty, but, it works. The lines are a little bit less sharp than when using wax but the gain is that you can rinse the No Flow easily whereas the wax takes a lot of time and patience to iron it out.
donderdag 29 januari 2009
Batik
I certainly want to do something with batik again. Through lack of time we couldn’t batik several layers across each. A pity. At home I looked on my shelf with mediums and other chemical stuff and there I fount Jacquard No Flow. Meant to inhibit the dye from flowing. It seemed suitable for an experiment. I partially covered the fabric I batiked during the course with the No Flow. After drying it’s a transparent layer on the fabric which is than impenetrable for dye. Than I dyed it with Silk dye and settled the dye by ironing. After that I washed the fabric in lukewarm water. The No Flow dissolved quickly. The result is nothing to write home about. Because of me messing around the fabric didn’t gain beauty, but, it works. The lines are a little bit less sharp than when using wax but the gain is that you can rinse the No Flow easily whereas the wax takes a lot of time and patience to iron it out.
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Well it looks pretty to me... a nice experiment. Not sure I want to get into the messiness of dyes, but you never know...maybe come summer!
I like watching what you do in art making Sandra. Always such beautiful work.
Je lapje ziet er toch wel heel interessant uit, Sandra. Jullie hadden de 'pech' dat het nu winter is, toen ik deze les had was het zomer en konden we de lapjes buiten in de zon laten drogen en wel meerdere lagen doen.
Kan me goed voorstellen dat jullie elkaar behoorlijk in de weg hebben gezeten, de ruimte is eigenlijk ook te klein voor zoveel mensen, zeker als die ook nog eens aan het verven slaan met alle 'troep' die daar bij komt kijken. En wat een toestand met de wc, hoe hebben jullie dat in 's hemelsnaam opgelost, je kunt toch niet de hele dag niet naar de wc!
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