First lessons in batik; a handbook in batik, tie-dyeing and all pattern dyeing . ed with a soft pith is used. Tjantings vary in the size andnumber of spouts. A tjanting with a fine slender spout is used for verynarrow lines and small dots. Then comes a series of others, each with alittle larger spout for the purpose of covering more surface. One kind ismade with two spouts and is used to draw parallel lines. Others havefrom three to six spouts to give the little groups of dots which are quite anessential part of some designs. (See page 13.) The remainder of the equipment consists of a wad of c
First lessons in batik; a handbook in batik, tie-dyeing and all pattern dyeing . ed with a soft pith is used. Tjantings vary in the size andnumber of spouts. A tjanting with a fine slender spout is used for verynarrow lines and small dots. Then comes a series of others, each with alittle larger spout for the purpose of covering more surface. One kind ismade with two spouts and is used to draw parallel lines. Others havefrom three to six spouts to give the little groups of dots which are quite anessential part of some designs. (See page 13.) The remainder of the equipment consists of a wad of cotton tied to astick, a cocoanut-shell spoon, a copper basin for boiling out the wax, alight upright frame for holding the cloth while it is being worked,a straightedge of wood, and assorted basins and vats for dyes and dye-ing. These are of copper, pottery or wood. After dyeing, the color is set, wax is boiled out and saved to be usedagain. It is now waxed a second time for the next color, dyed and process is repeated for each color desired. THE METHOD IN JAVA 11.
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