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Here
are just a few of the wonderful articles
from inside the July/August 2000 issue of
Somerset
Studio®
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Batik Backgrounds
Have you ever wanted to make background papers with the exotic look of the Far East? It's easy by applying a variation of the batik technique to handmade papers. Batik is the Indonesian method of decorating fabric or paper with dye. Liquid wax or paraffin is applied with a tjanting or tjap to create a design; once the wax has cooled, the fabric or paper is dipped into a dye bath. The areas covered with wax resist the dye. Where the wax cracks or breaks away, the dye will penetrate the surface of the cloth and leave fine, irregular lines.
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Barbara Fletcher's Cast Paper Animals
Barbara creates masks, sculptures, and wall and pedestal pieces from cast paper that she dyes by hand. Her work has been exhibited nationally and is held in many private collections
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Travel Art Journals
Enrich your travel experiences by capturing your memories in a travel art journal. Author Lynne Perrella says that whenever she takes a trip, she uses small spiral-bound notebooks to record her day-to-day experiences. "Creating a travel art journal is a way of recording my own insights and revelations and including them on pages full of visual imagery," she says. Now you can do the same.
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With One Stamp
What image could be more appropriate for this issue's With One Stamp challenge than Hawaii's state flower? Known for its huge variety of beautiful blossoms and vigorous bushy growth, some types of hibiscus have been used to make dyes and others have been used as food. Our Tropical Paradise With One Stamp challenge was opened up to readers via online announcements, and we were pleased when several artists responded.
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