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Wax Batik Collage Papers
Print your own batik paper
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To make wax batik papers you will need an electric wax pot, soft wax, tjap (Javanese printing tool), iron, cartridge paper, lots of newspaper and dyes or inks in various colors.
Please note: wax is a very volatile material. Do not be tempted to melt candles in a pan as this can catch fire. The wax pot has a regulated temperature control to keep the wax at the correct temperature. -
First heat the wax until liquid then gently place the tjap (pronounced cap)into the wax to heat.(A tjap is a copper printing tool from Java. Leave the tjap for a few seconds to heat through and then gently lift from the wax.
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Place the tjap firmly down onto your white cartridge paper and hold it on the paper for a few seconds. Carefully lift the tjap and return it to the wax pot. There will be a wax impression of your tjap design left on the paper. This one is a gecko.
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Repeat the process until the paper is covered in wax geckos. When not in use, lay the tjap down on its side. Never turn it upside down when printing or hot wax will drip onto your hand.
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It will take only seconds for each wax impression to dry. Now you can apply dye or ink to the paper. Brush the dye directly over the wax geckos. Wax is a resist, therefore the color won't seep under the wax.
Start with your lightest color first. This is golden yellow. -
Leave your dyed paper to dry thoroughly before moving to the next step. Wax will not penetrate damp paper. This should take about 30 minutes.
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Once the paper is dry, repeat the wax process in step 3. The geckos you now print will remain golden yellow. Next, apply a deeper color of dye or ink on the paper. This is cherry red.
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Once dry, place the waxed and dyed paper between two sheets of newspaper and set your iron to a high temperature.
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Slowly iron the newspaper to melt and remove the wax. Repeat this process twice more to remove any wax residue.
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Here is the finished paper. You will see that the first geckos printed remain white, the second geckos printed are golden yellow and the paper is bright cherry red.
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A little something about health and safety: please take care when using hot wax. If you burn yourself then place the burn under cold water until the burning sensation stops. You will notice that I have used words such as gently, slowly and carefully. If you work sensibly then accidents won't occur.
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Tanya
25 Feb 18:53
Neat-o! That fabric looks like the fabric i used for my quilt. -nods- i love it ;D
Angela G.
25 Feb 19:25
That is amazing!!It's so cool!Well done!
Glassprimitif
25 Feb 20:22
Thank you! It's easy and fun to make too.
Cat Morley
25 Feb 21:35
This looks so pretty, great job.
mlc1803 m.
25 Feb 22:39
this looks great! i like it a lot-ive never heard of tjap before what is it and where can i buy it?
Rosie
26 Feb 15:29
Thats really neatly done, I havn't used a tjap before although I have used a tjanting which is infuriatingly difficult!
Glassprimitif
26 Feb 18:20
Oh boy! Tjantings are very hard to use. The trick is to keep it moving on the paper and to create a design where the blobs won't matter. You can buy tjaps from here
http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/2738794-AA.shtml?lnav=tools_tjaps.html
Tami
27 Feb 07:34
I did this to make an Okami wall hanging (:
nouk
27 Feb 19:04
That's cool! I really like it!
Elena a.
03 May 21:32
Thanks for article!
I translated it into russian and posted with backlink on my personal site in post "<a href="http://art-batic.ru/2008/05/04/goryachij-batik-master-klass">Горячий батик - мастер класc</a>"
Elena a.
03 May 21:34
Sorry, html doesn't work :(
Link for this article in russian languge: http://art-batic.ru/2008/05/04/goryachij-batik-master-klass
Jori
14 Jan 20:04
How in world did you find this out, and where did you find that gecko tjap? I looked on that website you posted pretty frequently for available tjaps and there's never very much to choose from. Do you know of any other websites? I've searched, but nothing really comes up.
Dang, this is just a difficult thing to get into...
Jori
20 Jan 06:11
Another question for ya...do you ever done batik on fabric? If so, are the directions different?
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03 Feb 05:19
Very pretty... My class done this in Arts and Crafts class, but at that time we are only allowed to draw stuff with candle... Sort of like the wax resist technique...
Where do you buy the tjap? They dont even sell it in North Sumatra...
(here in Indonesia, its cap... but other countries pronounce it as 'tjap' anyway, so...)