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Wonderful Book with lots of eye candy
The book contains lots of information on Batiks and many beautiful pictures. I took a class by Laurie Shifrin, we did the "Behind the Shadows" quilt from the book, page 54. Not only is she a great author, but in person is very friendly and always ready to offer encouragement. She will be releasing a new book sometime this winter. I got a sneak preview during a trunk show and believe me the color and fabric combinations are eye-catching. The only complaint I have with the book is that it doesn't contain the block sizes.

Excellent patterns for any fabric
In this book, Laurie talks about the history of batiks and about how they are made today.She also talks about how to buy Batiks, and how to tell the real Batiks apart from the look-alikes.I also see instructions on caring and protecting your Batik fabric.However, not as much about this as I expected. Wonderful for any Fabrics
In this book, Laurie talks about the history of batiks and about how they are made today.She also talks about how to buy Batiks, and how to tell the real Batiks apart from the look-alikes.I also see instructions on caring and protecting your Batik fabric.However, not as much about this as I expected.Read more

Subjects:  1. Applique    2. Appliquâe    3. Batik    4. Crafts / Hobbies    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Patchwork    7. Patterns    8. Quilting    9. Quilts & Quilting    10. Silk Screen & Batik    11. Quiltmaking   

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great generous book
I've started doing batik just a couple of months ago, and this is the third book I have bought from Amazon on this subject. I think this is the best of them three because it has very very clear instructions on every project the author suggests, great photos of each step, she shows very clearly a lot of techniques to use on different things (check out the lamp shade it's great)and I think most important of all she is very generous about her knowledge of batik, explaining everything that could happen if you do this or that, and with every day words, not all the technical-chemical mumbo jumbo i've found in other books. Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Dye    4. Silk Screen & Batik    5. Techniques - General    6. Textile Arts - General    7. Batik   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. General    4. Serigraphy    5. Silk Screen & Batik    6. Technique    7. Techniques - Printmaking    8. Planographic processes (eg lithography, screen printing, stencilling)   

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Excellent how-to-do-it book
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 alsoencouraged me to be more ambitious, trying out techniques which were quitenew to me. Good for a beginner, therefore, but also good for those whoalready know about batik but want to get to grips with new ideas! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Dye    4. General    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Silk Screen & Batik    7. BATIK    8. Crafts & Hobbies / Dye   

Subjects:  1. Art & Art Instruction    2. Batik    3. Commercial - Illustration    4. Crafts & Hobbies    5. Design - General    6. General    7. Hobbies/Crafts    8. Silk Screen & Batik    9. Textile Arts    10. Themes, motives    11. Art / Commercial / Illustration   

Subjects:  1. Crafts / Hobbies    2. Dye    3. Hobbies/Crafts    4. Silk Screen & Batik    5. Textile Arts - General    6. Batik    7. Crafts & Hobbies / General   

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A history and a photographic showcase of Batik textile art
Batik: Design, Style & History is both a history and a photographic showcase of Batik textile art of Indonesia. Perhaps most often used in brilliant shawls for women's daily wear, batik has even had styles meant to be associated with the aristocracy and are worn to this day for ceremonial occasions. In addition to full-color images of batik fabric, Batik: Design, Style & History includes some vintage black-and-white photographs of batik being worn or even created. The text spares no effort in delving into the traditions and even legends behind this unique and wonderful blend of artistic expression and practical functionality.
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Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Design - Textile & Costume    4. History - General    5. Silk Screen & Batik    6. Textile Arts    7. Indonesia    8. Oriental art   

Subjects:  1. Hobbies/Crafts    2. Sale Adult - Crafts / Hobbies    3. Silk Screen & Batik    4. Sale Books   

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Beautiful and informative - this is all you need!
Having done a batik in a craft class in school years ago, I was really interested in doing more, but couldn't find a class in the city (NYC!).I bought this book and everything in it is beautiful artwork, inspiring and really lovely.Aside from being a book depicting the beautiful and intricate work that can be done with batik, this turns out to be a detailed guidebook on how to take on batik and do it in your own home.With step by step pictures about the dying process, detailed information on waxing techniques and options, this book is all you need to get to start doing batik in your own home.I HIGHLY recommended it if you're looking to try batik yourself!

A BEAUTIFUL book
This is not your standard hippy type batik. The work in here is incredible. I have never seen anything like it, and I've seen most of the books on batik that are out there. The artists featured are fantastic. The book has extensive information on working with wax and other resists, removing the resists, using different types of dyes. I highly recommend it.Read more

Subjects:  1. Activity    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. Dye    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Quilts & Quilting    7. Silk Screen & Batik   

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. General    4. Hobbies/Crafts    5. Painting    6. Silk Screen & Batik    7. Textile Arts - General    8. Batik    9. Crafts & Hobbies / General   

Subjects:  1. Art & Art Instruction    2. Batik    3. Crafts & Hobbies    4. General    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Silk Screen & Batik    7. Art techniques & materials    8. COOKBOOKS - Cookbooks Gen TRD PB    9. Crafts & Hobbies / General    10. Textile arts   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Asian    4. Batik    5. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum    6. Design - Textile & Costume    7. Exhibitions    8. Indonesia    9. Silk Screen & Batik    10. Tropenmuseum (Amsterdam, Nethe    11. Tropenmuseum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)    12. Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    13. History Of Art / Art & Design Styles    14. Textile arts   

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Not deep enough or broad enough
I recieved this book as part of a start up kit on batik.The billing on the book was that it was a good how-to on the batik process.I found it to be remarkably lacking.There was no advice as to how to deal with the more common problems mentioned in the process, and the process, itself was extremely lacking.There were a lot of pretty pictures of batik work from a modern standpoint - but they did not fit in well with the subject matter and seemed more like a "look what I did".There were very few pictures, for example, of the various steps of the process while the artist was in action.Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Dye    4. Hobbies/Crafts    5. Silk Screen & Batik    6. Batik   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Asia, Central    4. Asian    5. Ceramics    6. Design - Textile & Costume    7. Embroidery    8. Exhibitions    9. Pottery    10. Silk Screen & Batik    11. Central Asia    12. Textile arts