There are different ways to decorate clothes. In the field of textiles, clothing can mainly be improved through printing, dyeing and cycling. Resist methods for decorating fabrics include wax/batik resist, starch/clay, konkonti (cooked cassava paste), stitching or jiggling, wood and nail method, chipping, gathering, bonding, chemical resist and many more. However, wax resistance, starch resistance, and tie-dye are discussed.
• Resistant to wax / batik
Tools and materials needed:
Fabrics, wax, tins, brushes, stamps, gloves, spatula, dyes and chemicals, plastic utensils, metal utensils or utensils, heat source.
practical:
1. Apply the molten wax to the fabric with the tintin, brush, stamp, etc. to resist some areas of the fabric that are not dyed during the dyeing process. Other techniques are used separately or in combination so may include painting, spraying, dropping, spraying or stamping techniques to create interesting patterns on the surface of the canvas.
2. The fabric is dyed in the first colored dye. It is dewaxed, rinsed and dried.
3. Re-wax the fabric to dye the second color to get the two-color effect. The wax is re-waxed in other parts of the fabric before the dyeing takes place.
• Resistant starch
Tools and materials needed:
Canvas, boiled starch, dyes, chemicals, hand gloves, spatula, brush, bowl, metal bowl or bowl, pencil
practical:
1. Spread the fabric on a table and patterns or designs are created on it with a pencil.
2. Boiled starch is applied to the cloth with a brush. Allow to dry completely. The first color dyeing is performed. During dyeing, the non-starchy areas receive the dyeing fluid.
3. Different areas of the cloth are re-starched and the second color is dyed. Then the wax is removed, rinsed and dried.
• Bind dyeing
Tools and materials needed:
Fabrics, dyes, chemicals, raffia/rope, hand glove, spoon, bowl, wood and nails are a heat source.
practical:
1. The fabric is folded, tied, stitched or gathered etc. With raffia or cord. Another alternative is to sandwich the fabric between two pieces of wood and a nail to counteract some areas of the fabric from dyeing.
2. Dye the fabric with the first colored dye. It is untied, chamfered and dried.
3. The fabric is re-folded, tied, sewn, or assembled. The fabric is dyed in the second colored dye. It is untied, chamfered and dried.