Cost: $125 Class Size: 16. To Register: visit www.bagleyarts.org

Participants should bring their own watercolors. All other supplies will be provided. Bring your own lunch and beverages. Coffee is provided.

Batik is a traditional Indonesian cloth that originated from the island of Java in the late 1800’s and is still used today throughout Indonesia. It is said the word batik comes from the words Banyak Titik- meaning many dots.

Watercolor Batik is done on rice paper. We will use regular paraffin wax melted in a very small crock pot. There is an inking of the drawing that is done with a black permanent marker. Regular watercolors are used and each step of the way waxed. Starting with whites, then yellows, etc; working from light to dark. It is a fun process! When finished with the waxing process, we iron out the wax using an iron and ironing board. The finished product is almost like stained glass when held up to a light.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.