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Making a silk scarf with direct batik, with henna, indigo and turmeric.
I heated paraffin in a crock-pot to make resist lines to control bleeding in the pattern. I chose a place in the house that could bear some mess.  | | | | | I stretched a 45” x 45” piece of the same silk on a homemade batik frame, using pins and rubber bands to secure the silk to the frame. | | I marked the approximate center of the cloth. I started the pattern at the center, applying henna with a carrot bag. | | | | I expanded the pattern radially. | | I applied the first indigo lines. The henna lines acted as a resist as the indigo bled outwards. | | | | I applied the first wax resist lines. I used a Japanese Sumi brush, dipped in paraffin melted in the crock-pot. | | I applied indigo in between wax resist lines, to contrast fuzzy and sharp edges. | | |
