BATIK.

step 1: choose or make your own design

step 2: trace it on to the cotton fabric

step 3: trace the outline with hot wax

step 4: paint your design

step 5: dry the batik

step 6: rinse it with chemicals

step 7: boil it and let it cool down in cold water

Batik (many dots in Javanese) is a way of decorating a woven fabric with paint. Batiked fabrics are usually processed into clothing, but can also be used in the interior, for book bindings or wall hangings. Batik is a very old art form. Substances have been found in the Middle East, in India and Central Asia from more than 2,000 years ago.

For batik, the fabric is first partially painted with wax. The treated parts cannot absorb paint. After dyeing, the wax is removed. Advanced batik consists of different color courses, whereby the wax is (partly) removed or reapplied between the dye baths. Because small cracks appear in the wax, a kind of crackle effect often occurs.

using natural dyes

screenprinting the wax for
a cleaner result

putting wax on the drill bit of the cnc and through the friction the wax will melt

velvet or other thicker
fabric. That absorbes more

smering mud, starch rice paste,
bean paste over the fabric