But I have been cutting some stencils. We'll see how they work. The butterfly one is more intricate and with the wax setting up faster it doesn't work as well. But once it gets a bit warmer, I'll give the full repeat a try. It is an adaptation of an old Japanese Katagami (stencil) with impressions of grasses blowing in the wind. So I'm interested to see how it will turn out. Especially since I spent a lot of time cutting it out. The overall design is rather large. This is a 12"x12" hankie.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Quality time with my XActo knife
Since my studio is in the basement, and it is still winter in Minnesota, I haven't been working there much. It is a bit chilly and the batik wax sets up too fast. Makes it so things don't turn out the way I like. So I've been doing some work down there, but not a lot.
But I have been cutting some stencils. We'll see how they work. The butterfly one is more intricate and with the wax setting up faster it doesn't work as well. But once it gets a bit warmer, I'll give the full repeat a try. It is an adaptation of an old Japanese Katagami (stencil) with impressions of grasses blowing in the wind. So I'm interested to see how it will turn out. Especially since I spent a lot of time cutting it out. The overall design is rather large. This is a 12"x12" hankie.
But I have been cutting some stencils. We'll see how they work. The butterfly one is more intricate and with the wax setting up faster it doesn't work as well. But once it gets a bit warmer, I'll give the full repeat a try. It is an adaptation of an old Japanese Katagami (stencil) with impressions of grasses blowing in the wind. So I'm interested to see how it will turn out. Especially since I spent a lot of time cutting it out. The overall design is rather large. This is a 12"x12" hankie.
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