viernes, 8 de abril de 2011
jueves, 7 de abril de 2011
lunes, 4 de abril de 2011
Mi Primer Batik / My First Batik

La parte más importante del aprendizaje de ese día fue no firmar mis trabajos con cera, muy complicado y si no vale la pena echar a perder lo importante por tratar de poner el nombre con pincel.
This is my first batik. My very first! When I was clueless about batik. It isn’t really pretty, but it was my first lesson and just because of that it deserves some respect. The design of the flower isn’t mine (it’s pretty obvious if you know my style). I must have taken it from a pattern magazine or something. The colors aren’t my favorites; I didn’t choose them they happened as the result of adding colors. That ugly brown! I like the halo around the flower though. This happens if you don’t wax the whole fabric.
I also learned not to sign my work with wax, it’s complicated and it’s not worth it. You can spoil the work with an ugly signature, especially if you don’t’ have a good handwriting and you lack the patience to practice and get better.
jueves, 31 de marzo de 2011
miércoles, 30 de marzo de 2011
martes, 15 de marzo de 2011
lunes, 14 de marzo de 2011
En yute / On jute



Sin embargo la textura es única y muy particular.
Small experiments on jute. I like them, but jute is not the best for batik. The weft is too open and a white background is needed to appreciate the design and the color. Besides it is so thick that it absorbs a lot of wax and the ironing takes even more time. I like it on small sizes. I did a big one and didn’t’ like it because I got tired of ironing it. I still have it somewhere, still with lots of wax on it.




