Batik is the art of waxing a surface, to make it resist dyeing, and then removing the wax, re-waxing, re-dyeing a darker color creating patterns and designs. Batiks date back to the Middle East from about 2000 years ago. Although the exact birthplace of batiks is unknown most it is most prevalent on the island of Java in Indonesia.
Our students made paper batiks. This involved using a wax crayon to draw out a design. After the line work was completed we painted in between the wax with 3 layers of tempera paint. When the paint dried students crumpled up the papers to create the crackles so common to batiks. At this point, they painted on a layer of India ink completely covering the design. When this dried they washed off the ink thus reveling their design complete with black crackles.
Below are several examples of our batiks.
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