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Welcome!
Batik is an ancient art form of creating
designs on fabric with wax and dyes. Melted wax is applied to cloth before being dipped in dye. Wherever the wax has
seeped through the fabric, the dye will not penetrate. Sometimes several colors are used, with a series of dyeing, drying
and waxing steps. Thin wax lines are made with a tjanting needle, wooden handled tool with a tiny metal cup
with a tiny spout, out of which the wax seeps. After the last dyeing, the fabric is boiled to dissolve the wax and reveal
the deep rich colors and the fine crinkle lines that give batik its character.
All of our batiks are hand crafted right in our home in
Hyde Park,
Vermont.
Each garment is an unique piece of
wearable art
guaranteed to satisfy
your
inner wolf.
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