Batik
is a process using ‘resists’ for making designs on a fabric. The conventional
Batik process has a resist or a physical block in some form or the other to
prevent desired areas on the fabric from being penetrated by dye. Generally wax
is used as a resist in Batik. The block printed areas where resists are in
place, come out as un-dyed areas in the dyed fabric and could be coloured
differently in repeat wax dye process. This can be repeated several times at
the same place or different places with wax-dye process time and again for
every subsequent colour change. Batik can be done with various types of dye
& wax on cotton, silk and other natural fabrics. Cotton is easy to work with and generally
gives best results. Repeated waxing and dyeing over the same place gets newer
overlapping results. The idea in multi-layer colouring is to start with lighter
shades of the dye and proceed to deeper ones. Here care is taken that wax
resist is neither light nor heavy since lighter would mean possible penetration
of dye onto resist area and heavy would mean the wax will not resist properly
and could cause patches or dye spreads when removed.
The
rarer but finer Pen Batik saris
The
rarer type of Batik is Pen Batik. Fine designs are made on the fabric using
‘Tjanting’ tools. Molten wax at a certain temperature is carefully put on the
design lines with Batik dropper pen.
A
lot of care has to be taken since too thin a layer could give way to colour dye
through surface cracks. Temperature of the wax is normally kept between 200 and
230 degrees. In the former or conventional method vats or tubs with boiling
water are used to melt away the wax. In the latter a small tub with hot water
is generally preferred. After the entire resist dyeing process is over, and the
wax has melted away in hot water, a neatly dyed plain or designed fabric is
available.
The
captivating allure of the Batik print sarees online at Unnati Silks
Unnati Silks has
an exclusive range for Batik printed
saris and
the more special pen Batik sarees. Batik prints are generally light coloured
designs on dark coloured backgrounds and the spread of Batik printed sarees in
pure handloom cottons in the dark shades of bright colours have single or
double colour backgrounds that make the contrasts all the more appealing. Designs
range from simple spread motifs on plain backdrops, to floral arrangements or
abstract designs spread across the entire saree on single coloured background
or half half saree in dual colour.
Shop the Batik sarees online
and get the Unnati advantage
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