Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A method of dyeing a fabric by which the parts of the fabric not intended to be dyed are covered with removable wax.
- noun A design that is created by this method.
- noun Fabric dyed by this method.
- transitive verb To dye (fabric) using this method.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A process employed by the natives of the Dutch East Indies in executing designs on a material, as a cotton fabric in one or more colors.
- noun The fabric so decorated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A dyed fabric with designs drawn on by applying a removable wax where the dye is not wanted.
- noun The method used to create a batik{1}; using wax to allow drawing or printing of designs on a fabric.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A wax-resist method of
dyeing fabric . - verb To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted
- verb dye with wax
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"I hope that I can stick to designing batik because, as a designer, my job actually promotes * batik*," he said.
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Since it requires days to produce due to the wax processes, and since errors made are uncorrectable and require that the cloth be washed and re-used, he considers his works in batik to be as or more important than his watercolors.
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The butterfly batik is from Lisa Jo and the three coordinating prints are from Becca along with blocks from the ladies, which are below - Lisa Jo's on the left and Becca's on the right.
May reveal katelnorth 2008
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Since it requires days to produce due to the wax processes, and since errors made are uncorrectable and require that the cloth be washed and re-used, he considers his works in batik to be as or more important than his watercolors.
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Since it requires days to produce due to the wax processes, and since errors made are uncorrectable and require that the cloth be washed and re-used, he considers his works in batik to be as or more important than his watercolors.
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Since it requires days to produce due to the wax processes, and since errors made are uncorrectable and require that the cloth be washed and re-used, he considers his works in batik to be as or more important than his watercolors.
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Here's a closeup - and here are the fabrics I ordered from eQuilter - the batik is due to be a border for my friend Caroline's sister's quilt (the diamond one) - luckily, it goes nicely, I think.
Excellent postal day katelnorth 2008
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Isadora's trademark textural collages, using oil paint and printed papers that recall batik, vividly convey the joys of diversity.
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The painstaking process is called batik and includes the use of hot wax.
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Besides hand-drawn batik, there is also block-printed batik, which is done by means of a metal block made by welding together strips of metal.
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