First lessons in batik; a handbook in batik, tie-dyeing and all pattern dyeing . n chemical dyes were discovered. Thereis still a prejudice among some people against the use of chemical dyes forart work. This seems to be based upon the undisputed fact that in theearly days of the dye industry some of the colors were so crude and harshthat people fell into the delusion that all harsh colors were due to chemicaldyes. The chemists in the meantime have been improving these productsuntil now one can depend upon the manufactured dyes for as beautifulcolors as were ever obtained by the older methods.
First lessons in batik; a handbook in batik, tie-dyeing and all pattern dyeing . n chemical dyes were discovered. Thereis still a prejudice among some people against the use of chemical dyes forart work. This seems to be based upon the undisputed fact that in theearly days of the dye industry some of the colors were so crude and harshthat people fell into the delusion that all harsh colors were due to chemicaldyes. The chemists in the meantime have been improving these productsuntil now one can depend upon the manufactured dyes for as beautifulcolors as were ever obtained by the older methods. They are so much moreeasily applied that it is largely for experimental purposes and as a means ofkeeping alive a craft of our ancestors that the old processes are ever used. Some brands of dyes are completely dissolved by stirring in hot need to be boiled and strained to be perfectly clear from must be thoroughly dissolved. Most dyes are used with either salt,vinegar or acid. Use whichever is recommended by the makers of the dyes DYEING SUGGESTIONS 75. a4U^^^^~i^P. A decorative Batik Hanging by Jean Paul Slusser, using the Javanese Tree of Life motif
Size: 1034px × 2418px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectdyesanddyeing, bookye
