Batik

Hi and welcome, let JeMi LaMa be your guide to the Buck's Rock Batik Shop today.

In Batik, campers use cotton fabric to make wall hangings, pillows, quilts, and material for clothing or soft sculptures. For those more experimental individuals, you can also try using the wax as a resist on leather and wood, then stain the material to show stronger definition within your chosen design.

"Hi, JeMi LaMa! What are you working on?"

"Hi, Shiborai. We are giving a tour of the Batik Shop, as a matter of fact. Would you like to explain your bit?"

"Sure thing. Hi everybody, I'm Shiborai, an ancient form of Japanese tie-dye is what I like to do. Shiborai uses pressure unlike wax as a resist by folding fabric between pieces of wood or from wrapping string around fabric on a bottle or around marbles to dye. The patters this process makes are often more geometrical or extremely random. Bob and I sometimes work together on the same project."

"Thanks, Shiborai"

"Anytime JeMi LaMa. By the way, Waxing Wendy, Djanting Jenny and I are going to go sit on the couch and play the tape game with Agitatin' Annie while she dyes. Do you want to join us?"

"Sounds great. I'll be over in a second."

Well, that's the Batik Shop in a nutshell for you: bright colours, a lot of wax, and lots of fun games to help pass the moments of agitation. It's fun!

This trip was brought to you by Jenni Hunton, Mimi Winick, Lara Kassoff and Marie Sylvester.