
I tried out all the techniques that Jenny showed us. I particularly liked batik on tissue paper. This technique involves gluing (with a Pritt stick) crumpled tissue paper to a piece of cartridge paper, spraying it with diluted bleach which removes some of the colour (particularly effective on black and dark red tissue) and then painting areas with coloured inks. Selected areas were painted with hot wax to preserve the colour and washes of ink were painted over the top. Further bleaching and waxing was done until the design was finished and then the wax was removed by placing

the piece between newspaper and ironing to melt the wax.
The work (left) was inspired by the chives growing outside the studio.
get a life
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