Batik

Batik is a HUGE🔥 trend in Asia and is used on fashion outcomes. It is a technique used by Fashion Designers such as Eric Choong and Syomirizwa Gupta.

https://batikandbubbles.com/blog/2017/9/25/batik-revival

Before we get into this, here I have highlighted some mistakes which I made when I was an Art and Design student! I feel as though it is my duty to make you aware of specific things during the Batik production process, which I would like you all to avoid. 🤗

Please click on the interactive points below to save yourself from making the same mistakes that I did! 🥰

https://view.genial.ly/5fb58dcbe582780d761f8384

Would you like to incorporate this technique in your fashion outcomes? 😌

Whether you're a student or freelancer, these simple steps can benefit you!

YOU WILL NEED:

1. Wax, wax pot & wax holder
   

2. Coloured Fabric
   

3. Fabric Scissors
   

4. Coloured Inks
   

5. Paintbrush
   

6. Steam Iron
   

7. Newsprint (a lot!🤠)

1) Heat the wax pot and prepare a few squares of fabric consisting of different colours to experiment with. White, green, yellow, blue and pink are all good colours to start with. 😋

2) Before you create your samples, it is wise to practice using the wax holder in the best possible way on a scrap piece of fabric 🥴. When you are confident enough, you may begin to create your designs on your fresh pieces of fabric. It would be nice to attempt drawing some detail by using the small tip on the wax holder. 😎

3) Once the wax is dry, you can use different coloured inks to colour in the details on your Batik designs.

4) Place your samples between numerous sheets of newsprint and plug a regular iron into a socket. You must ensure that there is NO water💦 in the iron because this would ruin your Batik designs. When the iron has heated up, iron on top of the newsprint. 🤑

5) After ironing back and forth for approx 30 seconds⏱, lift the newsprint and check on your samples to see if all the wax has been absorbed onto the newsprint. It is then required to remove one piece of newsprint because it would have reached its maximum capability of absorption🥴. Finally, you may iron on top of the 2nd layer of newsprint in order to remove any remaining wax from your samples. 😀

YOU HAVE NOW COMPLETED YOUR VERY OWN BATIK DESIGN 🤩

Here's mine 👇🏼

Created by Davina

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Batik & Bubbles (2017) The Revival of Batik @ KL Fashion Week 2017! [Online] Available from: https://batikandbubbles.com/blog/2017/9/25/batik-revival [Accessed 20/10/2020]