Voon Lyn's E-Portfolio/Blog: Batik Trip

For this assignment, we had to make an A3 sized Batik. It was my first time batik-ing. We head over to the Batik making place in KL with our seniors by bus and a tour van. I sat in the tour van together with Kelly, Hannah, Miss Lisa, and two of our seniors Ailsa and Annabel. We arrived earlier than the bus, and as Hannah and I entered the place, we were greeted by some staffs there. A few of them went "Konnichiwa!!!" (meaning hello/good afternoon in Japanese). Moments later another staff came over and told them in Chinese, "They are from Taylors' not Japan". Lol. I have to admit I am a pretty clumsy person. Most of my artworks and assignments will most likely to be smudged, torn, or spilled on by accident during the process. Majority of it can be fixed or I had to redo them. The waxing part of Batik-ing however, can't be corrected once you spilled the wax or poured too much on the cloth *Gasp*. I took the canting (tool used to draw the outline with wax) and the wax came out like a fountain! I panicked and drew really fast. Hardly even lifting up my canting from the cloth. There were some spots, spills and unwanted lines, but oh well. Imperfection can be pretty too! It just depends on how you see it. I used pastel coloured dyes for my batik. I gave myself a pat on the head when my batik arrived washed and framed a few days later. It was a fun and exciting experience, thanks to Miss Lisa for her time and effort to bring us there. Also, I was happy to work with my group mates Kelly, Hannah, Sean and Dzauqi. Our batiks look cute and fun when they we put together to form a family tree!