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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Fabric (or lack of) #97699 03/06/03 01:36 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky John: wow! [very impressed e] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Green with envy, blue with cold #97700 03/06/03 02:27 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Here in Southern California, the geraniums are already waist high, even though it is decidedly cooler than it was last year at ;this time. T-shirt weather hasn't arrived yet. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Fine! I consider myself needled! #97701 03/06/03 07:31 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Hi Jackie. Shibori is a Japanese technique of tie-dye, essentially ~ although sometimes it uses other dye-resist techniques like folding, pole-wrapping, or stitching. You can get really intricate patterns through the use of shibori - in fact, I had a friend in college who got major contracts to do huge installations in the lobbies of corporations in shibori. Scroll down on this link: http://gallery.passion4art.com/members/carol/ and you'll get a sample of the type of patterns you can do with shibori. I haven't been able to find anything on the web of my friend's work, but I'll keep looking. Batiks are dyed with a wax resist, typically. A lot of mass-marketed batiks are prepared by machine, and they have very regulated patterns. Handpaints are, as you might imagine, hand-painted. There's much more individuality to each piece, but depending on the use you intend to put them to, there's no discernable advantage. Now you've forced me to commit to catching up to the 2000+ posts I'm behind! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fine! I consider myself needled! #97702 03/07/03 04:50 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Batik is most highly developed in Indonesia, particularly on Java. The two main types here are batik tulis (written batik) and batik cap (stamped batik). Clothes with machine-printed batik patterns also exist but don't really count as batik. A good site with lots of information on batik (some illustrations but not enough) is at: http://www.expat.or.id/info/batik.html Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,373 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 155 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,562 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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