Cold batik is one of the varieties of batik . This fabric painting technique uses a special redundant (limiting the spread of paint on the fabric) composition of the cold, in contrast to the hot batik technique.
Cold batik is based on the fact that with this method of painting fabrics, all forms of a pattern, as a rule, have a closed contour stroke (with a backup composition), which gives a peculiar character to the pattern. For applying the contour of the pattern to the fabric, glass tubes are used, or a more modern version is a backup composition in a tube. The most common and easy-to-use tube with a curved thin end and a tank located closer to its working part. The tank is a spherical thickening and serves to reserve the reserve composition. The bent end of the tube should have thin walls, since the width of the contour depends not only on the size of the hole, but also on the thickness of the tube.
Cold Batik Technology
Of great importance for the quality of the pickup loop is the slope of the penis member: it must be bent at an angle of 130 °. If it is bent at a more obtuse angle, then during operation the tube must be held almost perpendicular to the plane of the tissue. In this case, the pressure of the reserve composition increases, which can lead to unforeseen spreading of the reserve composition over the fabric (i.e., to marriage). In places of slower movement and at the beginning of the line, drops are usually obtained. Therefore, the tube should be guided along the fabric evenly, and at the beginning of work, quickly lowered onto the fabric, without waiting for the formation of a drop. Taking the tube from the tissue, it is turned upside down, and the reserve composition leaves the tip. The opposite end of the tube should be slightly raised so that the back-up compound does not spill onto the fabric. After the circuit is drawn, the drawing is allowed to dry. It is not recommended to leave the induced pattern on the fabric unpainted for more than 24 hours, since in this case the reserve composition gives a halo due to the released fat and the paint does not fit close to the contour tip when pouring.
Paint is filled with cotton swabs, brushes or tubes. When pouring, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that large and small sections of the drawing receive the same saturation with paint, otherwise they will all be of different lightness or halos and stains will appear on them.
Cold batik
Cold batik is based on the use of redundant compounds that limit the spreadability of paint on the canvas. The artistic feature of this method of painting is that the obligatory color outline gives the drawings a clear graphic character. Moreover, the number of colors is not limited. The reserve composition is applied to the fabric in the form of a closed loop. Good penetration of the reserve into the fabric is the most important condition in contour painting. If gaps and tears remain during the drawing of the contour, the paint will go beyond the limits of the drawing. When working on dense tissue, a thick outline is induced, and on transparent, lightweight tissues, a thinner one. After the outline of the drawing is induced, he is allowed to dry. Before applying the paint, it is necessary to check the quality of the guidance of the reserve on the wrong side of the sample by dropping inward each form of water. If in any place the water breaks through the reserve, this portion of the sample should be dried and the reserve should be re-established, but on the wrong side. Then check the line quality again. You should start filling with the lightest tones so that it is easier to block unwanted marriage with a darker tone. It should not be forgotten that the areas of the picture must be uniformly saturated with paint so that no stains form.
Types of Techniques
- “Classic” - is performed by the method of inducing a reserve of closed planes, akin to a stained-glass window, with a single-layer painting.
- "Multilayer" - performed similarly to a stained-glass window, but painted in several layers.
- “Open graphics” - painting takes place without the use of closed planes, by breaking the backup line, with the penetration of the color of one plane in the color of another plane.
- “Free painting” (“Watercolor technique”) - is painted in watercolor using a special coating on silk, without reserve. The “cold” batik is the most accessible and expressive, as a result of which it is widely used both for painting utilitarian products and when working on copyright panels [1] .