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Batik (The Art of Crafts)

Sarah Tucker

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Excellent how-to-do-it book 5 out of 5 stars.
55 of 56 people found this review helpful.

This book is exactly what I wanted: a strong, clear, detailed guide to the techniques involved in creating works in batik - pictures, scarves, cushion covers. It's full of illustrations which made it easy to follow but it also encouraged me to be more ambitious, trying out techniques which were quite new to me. Good for a beginner, therefore, but also good for those who already know about batik but want to get to grips with new ideas!

Editorial Review:

Batik is an ancient craft involving painting and dyeing fabrics that have been masked with a wax resist to produce both subtle and bright color combinations. Sarah Tucker has brought the craft up to date, explaining in easy steps how to achieve attractive results. Beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs, the text focuses on techniques which can be applied to the variety of projects described. Batik provides practical help to beginners, and inspiration to those who have already tried this enjoyable craft.

Silk Painting & Batik

Susie Stokoe

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With over 35 stunning projects to make, these are projects to suit all levels of ability.

Batik -- Drawn in Wax: 200 Years of Batik Art from Indonesia in the Tropenmuseum Collection

I. van Hout

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Editorial Review:

From about 1840 onwards, batiks found their way from what was called the Netherlands East Indies, then under Dutch colonial rule, to the Netherlands, where they were kept in private and public collections. Owing to Holland's great interest in Batik, Amsterdam's Tropenmuseum now owns a collection of over 3000 pieces. Many represent the major batik centres that emerged on Java, Madura and Sumatra.

Batiks tell the stories of their maker, their wearers and eventual collectors. By studying the history of individual pieces from their creation to their arrival in the Tropenmuseum, we can relate them to their shared history.

Batik became a product of intercultural contact in a society where different ethnic groups lived next to or with each other. This book focuses on this communication, on batiks as visual witnesses of cultural encounter within the East but also between the East and the West.

This book will appeal to anyone interested in Indonesian arts and textiles. It is a rich source of study for scholars interested in the art of batik and the society in which it developed to its high level of perfection.

Practical Batik: A Contemporary Approach to a Traditional Craft

Susie Stokoe

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Batik Patterns: Includes CD-ROM (Shambhala Agile Rabbit Editions)

Random House

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     One hundred patterns drawn from the highest quality Indonesian batik. These include examples of all regions and styles, with geometric and floral compositions, individual motifs, and border designs.