Fabric Design

An Indonesian-Malay word which means “point”, “dot”, or “drop”.

What are the 2 categories of Batik Designs?

• Free Form

• Geometric

• Monochrome

• Tesserae

A method of applying fabric designs where the artist uses the canting, a small copper container with one or more different-sized pipes.

• Dyeing

• Hand Painting

• Screen Printing

• Roller Printing

A method of applying fabric designs which is used whenever long runs of fabric are to be printed with the same design.

• Block Printing

• Hand Painting

• Screen Printing

• Roller Printing

A method of applying fabric designs which is also known as stamp printing.

• Block Printing

• Hand Painting

• Screen Printing

• Roller Printing

A method of applying fabric designs which uses a stencil and a nylon mesh to create the print design.

• Heat Transfer Printing

• Hand Painting

• Screen Printing

• Roller Printing

A method of applying fabric designs which refers to the use of heat to transfer an image or design from heat-applied materials to other objects known as substrates.

• Heat Transfer Printing

• Hand Painting

• Screen Printing

• Roller Printing

A method of applying fabric designs refers to the application of dyes or pigments on textile materials such as fibers, yarns, and fabrics to achieve color.

• Heat Transfer Printing

• Hand Painting

• Screen Printing

• Dyeing

A method of applying fabric designs refers to the application of dyes by hand in which colored patterns are produced in the fabric by gathering together many small portions of material and tying them tightly with string before submerging the cloth in the dyebath.

• Heat Transfer Printing

• Roller Printing

• Tie-dyeing

• Dyeing

A small copper container that the artist uses in Hand Painting.