About Batik Picture (Wax Painting)
Thursday, September 07 2017 Angel Bai
Batik Picture ,also called wax painting, as an ancient textile dyeing skill, existed in China as early as duting the late Qing Dynasty (BC221-207) or Han Dynasty (BC206-220), though widespread widely in Tang Dynasty (618-907), uptoday become an important element of "SILK ROAD".
Batik folk artworks, be popular for artistic features of that, many traditional and classic forms used in real life among the ethnic minority areas of Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and Guangxi prrovinces, specially well inherit and carry by Miao nationality , make wall hangings, letter bags, hangbags, cushions, table-cover, door curtains, clothes, the designs are various, abstract and realistic, figures, flowers and birds, landscapes, calligraphy text. specially women love to make cotton batik headwears skirt, bags.
About the skill and processes, looks complicate, covering parts of design on fabric with a cover of wax and then dye, some part of design blocked out by brushing drawing wax that has been heated in a pot over the fabric, the fabic then be dyed in different colors, the parts overed by wax resist the due and retain their original hues. This process of batik and dyeing can be repeated to create more designs with different colors. By the way, the raw fabric material always use 100% cotton, the usual tools can use copper and brass container with bamboo handles.
Uptoday, batik refine artworks became to be an indispensable form, people like high classic works, batik skill also be developed to high lever, some talent batik artists show their refine works, much improved in designs, colors and culture elements, theirs refine pictures are popular to collectors, even museums......
Here show some talent Chinese artist's Batik Artworks. enjoy!
More information of Batik Art, look up Myadornart Handcraft Gallery. link.