The craft of hand-made rugs . perly called a reserve. Batik-making is a craft almost free fromtechnical difficulties, and for this reason is es-pecially adapted to the use of the amateurcraftsman. There is indeed scarcely anothermethod by which so many useful and beautifulobjects of home decoration can be as easilymade. Batik can be applied to all kinds of materialbut on some with better results than on instance, silk and cotton are the most easilyhandled. Next would come leather and last ofall, linen, because in the dyeing of linen thereare certain technical difficulties. Wool is n
The craft of hand-made rugs . perly called a reserve. Batik-making is a craft almost free fromtechnical difficulties, and for this reason is es-pecially adapted to the use of the amateurcraftsman. There is indeed scarcely anothermethod by which so many useful and beautifulobjects of home decoration can be as easilymade. Batik can be applied to all kinds of materialbut on some with better results than on instance, silk and cotton are the most easilyhandled. Next would come leather and last ofall, linen, because in the dyeing of linen thereare certain technical difficulties. Wool is neverused in batik-making. The modern Dutch batiks are technically veryperfect but are not always pleasing from thedesigners standpoint. They often fail frominharmonious color arrangements. The Dutchhandicrafters apply batik to silk and handle velvets with great skill, for thisfabric presents more difficulty than almost anyother on account of the nap. Dutch silks andvelvets are used for making all articles of wear-.
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