BUSY BATIK WEEKEND

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This weekend, I'm challenging myself with painting a batik inspired by Masai necklaces (one of many I've done before). Whereas I've previously been using a multicolor approach, this time I aim to use one color theme RED with varying shades and tones. The end product I hope will be a series of necklaces in a bundle separated by light and dark red, yellow, brown and black shades.

Doing what I enjoy doing



Waxing before dyeing with Red 3


Having added Red 3, this batik is slowly coming to life.

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