Ria90

You can pick up any picture you want and try in TD... Let's try! it's fun!! Please click on my blog
http://mymalaysianbatik.blogspot.com

Robindcr8l

Ria, your site is fantastic and I will definitely give one of those pics a go, but I work long shifts the next 3 days, so might not have time til next week. I really like this type of challenge!

Robindcr8l

my version: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47544

original: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yFSAxPl2DTs/Sj0bP3TOliI/AAAAAAAAAFA/VNI_JaJDAwI/s1600-h/504466309tGf ZRg_ph.jpg

a4e4ka

Very interesting art, beautiful website
Here is my poor effort:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47564

polenta

Could there be other batiks? Here only artisans sell what is called "batik". I've heard they take some fabric, make knots in parts of it and dip it to dye it. When they take it out and it's dry and they open the knots, the fabric has different hues of the same color in a random manner. It looks kind of beautifully faded in some areas but it doesn't have definite drawings. They call it batik here. Ever heard about this? Does this also exist in Malaysia or elsewhere?

Baldur

Polenta, what you are calling batik sounds like what we call 'Tie -Dye'.

Batik, in the sense that I know it is painting with melted wax on a fabric to cause a 'resist' when dyed. You start with the lighter colors of dye and add more wax each time to build a multicolor design when the wax is later removed.
A similar process is used in the Ukraine to make Pysanky eggs for Easter.

lilalee

polenta, here, when they tie knots and dip it in dye, it use to be called "tie dye". I have a few batik pieces that were gifts, and they are not, like you say, tied, and dyed. Mine were done with a wax after a dye process, then hand stitched! Also the batik, has a defined drawing.

lilalee

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47604

I really tried Ria, and as you can see, I did my own style for I am not a good copier!!

Luna

An attempt at number 8:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47607

Luna

This one
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yFSAxPl2DTs/Sj0bQaHCA1I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/Tb_TDqiLHFQ/s1600-h/batiksample0 8.jpg

Ria90

Thank you..
Batik (pronounced 'Bah-Teak') is a technique used to dye fabrics. Batiking is a relatively straightforward process that often produces beautiful results.

* First, melted wax is applied to the fabric in the areas that are to be free of dye. There are various methods used to apply the liquid wax, but brushing or directly pouring the wax are the most common. Once the molten wax cools, it hardens and penetrates into the fabric. Next the fabric is soaked in dye. The wax prevents dye from penetrating onto the fabric and therefore keeps those areas of fabric in their original color.

To remove the wax after the dyeing process, a solvent can be used. Alternatively, the hardened wax can be pressed out with an iron; the hot surface melts the wax it is pressed through the fabric. If a multiple-colored design is desired, the process is repeated for each color.

Many fabrics can be used for batiking, but plain, light colored cotton seems to work best. Cracks in the wax allow thin lines of dye to penetrate through

Ria90

try watch this you tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZP889-l20I

polenta

What I can see then is that it's really a process of great artistry .... and patience. Each batik is a piece of art. Thank God, Ria that you reappeared. You see how much more you are teaching us!!!

lilalee

Try in Fruit!

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47663Try in Fruit!

lilalee

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47663

Hmmm, try again.

Baldur

Here you are Ria, though I did not copy any of the designs.

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47665

marius

Ria - love your batik's and all the pictures submitted!!! By the time I get to trying one myself, people will probably have moved on ... but someday, I WILL draw one. Thank you kindly for your invitation.

inked_gemini

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=48054

marius

Ria - I'm calling on your sense of humor because this "batik" is nowhere near the artist quality of yours!!!


http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=48306

zoyi

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