Batik

In a workshop led by Ailish Henderson, I learned to create wax drawings and prints on fabric, using the batik method. The great thing is I didn't have to buy any new equipment, because I could use my wax burner and watercolour paint.

I love the more unpredictable character of this craft and the whimsical shapes it produces : it means that you’ve got to be creative in thinking about the result.

The fire will be part of a bigger piece I'm planning. The green pattern I made into an embroidered piece on its own.

This one I made into a book case by adding stitching :

Tree revisited

This piece is modeled on one I made earlier, same design, different method.

Here I used batik (on the base fabric), embroidery with threads of different thicknesses and couching. I also added some acrylic paint to the tree.

Because it both has warm colours and is a kind of wintery landscape, it has a bit of an unreal, perhaps even eerie, but also fascinating feel to it.