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How To Make Wax Resist Art: The concept is a simple one: oil and water don't mix. Therefore, when you draw a picture or write a message with a wax crayon, ...

Batik is an ancient form of dyeing textiles in which hot wax is applied to a piece of cloth in some design. When the cloth is submerged in a dye bath, the parts covered with wax resist the pigment.… ...

Artist Cindy Wilson will teach the technique of using batik (wax-resist dyeing on cloth) to create complex modern representational images on cotton during a special workshop from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m ...

Tjanting, Javanese batik tool, 1914. The tjanting is a pen-shaped tool used to draw a design with melted wax on cloth; for batik, or wax-resist dyeing. This example has a short tubular handle with a ...

Signs of the earliest forms of wax-resist art have been discovered around the world dating back as long as 2,000 years. The variety and global reach of batik suggest that the methods evolved ...