I’m doing many many many of these little wall batiks right now.  I do either very big: 4X5′; or very small: 4×4″. Right now my work table is full and I’m waxing away.  I’m particularily busy creating these guys I call “dirtybits”.   I draw them in hot wax, then colour with dye.   I leave them to process by wrapping them in plastic which keeps them damp for 24 hours, long enough for the dye to set.  This is batch dyeing.  I learned about this technique at  Maiwa Handprints, a great resource for dyers here in Vancouver.

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