Silk, Cotton painting without steaming to set the dyes. Indonesian Batik Art

What You Will Learn?

• A complete beginner's guide to paint, dye, and create designs on silk and all other natural fibers. Skip steaming process..
• I've been working with silk, cotton and many types of fabric materials since the last six years. I studied the different kinds of fibers, the differences between silk dyes and silk paints, the differences between textile paints and silk paints, which is the fundamental information for successful textile and fabric artists..
• The more I work with silk and fabric painting, the more I love it. Not only for its vibrant colors, but also for its feminine with a wide range of products from silk scarves, silk kimono jackets, silk paintings, cotton paintings, linen paintings, to home deco items..
• Painting on fabric has its flexibility when it comes to many different painting techniques, for example: using water, salt, sugar, alcohol, ink, dye, dilutant, anti-fusant or thickener and other tools to create patterns like using needle and threads in Japanese Shibori technique, other techniques such as tie and dye, ice and dye, or adding embroidery..
• There are literally hundred of ways to paint on fabrics. And the techniques also various from painting on naturals fibres compare to synthetic ones..
• In this online workshop: "Painting on silk, cotton without steaming to set the dyes: Indonesian Batik Art”, I'll guide you how to create your colorful and intricate silk and cotton fabrics using the most simple way of Indonesian Batik Art..
• After completing this course, you will be able to create these 3 items: (you can choose any natural fabric of your choice).
• 1. A wearable silk habotai scarf 8mm..
• 2. A cotton placemat for your dining table..
• 3. A cotton fabric for decoration or experiment purposes..
• I have break down the course into 29 small videos..
• In each video/ step, I'll guide you thoroughly from how to choose and prepare your fabrics, how to create your designs from pencil drawing on paper to tracing your designs onto the fabrics, how to choose and prepare your stretcher frames, learn the differences between plastic frame and wooden frame, and how to stretch your fabrics onto the frames..
• You'll be able to choose the wax mixture and the wax pot, how to prepare the wax pot at the right temperature for each fabric, how to use tjanting spouted-tool (wax pen), how to use brushes for painting dyes or to apply wax on fabrics, how to mix 12 dye colors or more using a simple color chart, how to dye your fabrics in a dye bath, how to reactivate old dyes, then how to remove wax completely, and finally how to make them ready to be used..
• At the end of the course, you can paint on all natural fabrics and.
• make absolutely endless ideas of products of your choice from wearing to decorating, to traditional paintings using this beautiful Batik Art techniques..
• I'm looking forward to seeing you and to explore this wonderful Art journey together!.