This account exists in multiple parts:
Volume 1: Explanation of the Project
Volume 2: The Frames and the Four Factors
Volume 3: Starting the Batik Process
Volume 4: Color Planning Gets More Complex
Volume 5: It's Time to Die! ...ahem... I Mean Dye.
• Volume 6: These Incredible Artists
Click on any image throughout to see a larger version.
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I love standing close to the finished works and inspecting the details. Batik is so forgiving that an accidental splash of wax or leak of dye looks completely intentional in the final project. The inefficient wax removal process gives areas of color extra contrast as they are bordered by wax-saturated fabric.
Several students selected the same microorganism for their batik project, and even used the same photograph for reference for their art, but still ended up with unique and beautiful pieces. These four chose the peacock mite (watch the video!), and though the basic shapes and details are the same, the color choices alone make these works stand apart.
Of course, standing back and viewing the whole piece is quite stunning, as well!


 


Comments

03/20/2010 2:43pm

Beautiful work! I recently did a batik workshop with adults in about an hour and a half but I would love to do a more intricate one like what you've done.
Good job!

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03/21/2010 2:37pm

John James Audobon was a fantastic painter of birds. True, he had artistic skills, but it was his thorough knowledge of the subjects that made them come to life. You have used the lure of making art to get your students to dig deeper into the subject of their organism and the biome.
But the art is colorful, vibrant, entrancing, yet still full of meaning on a level beyond the aesthetics.
Congratulations to both the teacher/artist and the students!

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