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Batik Art

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batik art in lockdown provided me with so much wonderful time to experiment and to take risks.
A crisis turned into an opportunity

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Batik originates from Indonesia. It can be used on fine cotton, silk or paper. Hot wax is used to resist the potent dyes. Traditionally the wax is applied with a tjanting, a tool with a copper bowl to retain the heat and a fine spout with which to draw with the wax on the chosen surface.

In Contemporary Batik which you will find on this website, I use various 'found' tools which provide the kind of mark I require. It is a very exciting art form, very open to experimentation and accident which I use and often integrate into the image
Recently I have started to work on top of the Batik painting with acrylic paint thereby enhancing and creating new life in the original image.
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