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[doodlemaier]

List of supplies:
∙ rubber (dish) gloves
∙ smock
∙ small wooden frame
∙ cotton 'practice' fabric
∙ cotton t-shirts
∙ paraffin
∙ coffee can
∙ expendable household brushes of various sizes
∙ stencils
∙ cold water dyes (dye baths in this order - lemon yellow, chrome yellow, vermilion red, crimson red, ultramarine blue, prussian blue, black)
∙ large plastic tubs for each color dye
∙ cord, or string
∙ newspaper
∙ an electric iron (one mamma won't miss)
∙ a pocket full of ideas
∙ a creative kid or two with some time on their hands

Comments

[bluemoonshark.livejournal.com]

Batiking?

[deansavatar.livejournal.com]

. . . and tie-dyeing if I can get my sh!te together

[bluemoonshark.livejournal.com]

Excellent Sunday-afternoon activity.

color, fire, chaos!

[deansavatar.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, it's going to have to wait for another day. Actually I'm planning this for an afternoon at my dad's where there is room to spread out, make a mess and where, otherwise, the sprog ends up bored (a city kid with 9 acres+ of 'do-whatever-you-want' to deal with). I was hoping dontshootthecat might have a couple of these items on hand, hence the posty-bits.

I remembered batik while I was in the library the other day with sprog-by-proxy, but since the last time I had any exposure was in elementary school art class, some of the finer points of the craft were a little hazy (for instance, how does one get melted wax out of cotton fabric?) But I found this great book geared for kids (and therefore, me!), and well, Batik has all the elemental aspects of interest for the grrrl and she definitely has the family curse for art.

With that, I'm also looking for a class that we can take together in wheel-thrown ceramics.