From the Artist: "All of the batiks in my shop are hand printed, painted or drawn, dyed, boiled, laundered and pressed by me. My dyes are created in small batch dyes, from rainwater I collect from my shop roof. I use more time in the dyeing and soaking, so that I can reduce the amount of dye powders, salts and ash necessary to create vibrant colors, without sacrificing my ability to create such bright cloth. I boil my fabrics to remove the wax, so that your fabric has a soft hand and is fairly absorbent right from the beginning, but also because this allows me to reuse my wax for many years. The long process a fabric must go through in this technique means that custom orders, even of very small pieces, can take weeks to complete."
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