Very nice; reminds me of a stained-glass window. Never heard of a batik, though...what is it exactly?

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I remember doing a batik.
It was ugly. I think I burned it.
This rocks, though. I'd kill to do something that good.

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Ah, you should see it when it's hanging in the window. I don't do that often, though, as it makes it fade.
Um, yes, a batik. Pretty much, you're just dying a piece of cloth. But you're using melted wax to delineate where you want the dye to go. Do it right, and the wax seeps all the way through the cloth, so the dye can't bleed out of the space. You can do it in layers, too, for really awesome effects. You end up waxing the dyed portions you're finished with, then (we, at least) dying the rest of the cloth - which is what gives the crinkly effect. Then you just need to iron it a bazillion times to get the wax out. There's still wax in this one... makes it easier to fold, though. ^_^
If you look it up batik on wikipedia, y'get a much better idea of it, as well as some awesome pictures of what can be done with it.

...it must've burned well. Or at least interestingly. Yay fire.
I's glad you like. I always like looking at this to compare it to what I can do now - it hurts far less than looking at my dragons from that long ago.

Mmm, sounds pretty interesting.

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_{Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
-- Louis Hector Berlioz}

Wow, that looks awesome! The process you describe to make them reminds me of dying Easter eggs. Do you have to start with the lightest color and stuff too?

Yeah, it is a lot like Easter eggs- I believe Pysanky eggs are made using the exact same method. 'Cause, yeah, if you're layering colours so you don't end up with a white (or otherwise cloth-coloured) line between then, you do have to start with the lightest colour first... I think it might just be common sense to do it that way. Maybe.
And thanks!

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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you got my comments earlier, totally awsome