Batik T-shirt Design
Mr.
Sacco's 9th grade Studio Art class created Batik T-shirt
designs inspired by African textile designers of Adire and
Bogolan Mud Cloth.
Focusing on line, shape and
space, students were asked to create an interesting pattern for their T-shirt
design. Once
a design was created, students transferred their design to
the
T-shirts and painted the designs using hot wax.
The next step was to dye the
T-shirt in their choice of color.
The painted wax design resists the dye
enabling the lines & shapes to be seen. The final step was to iron out the wax
from the design.
*Adapted from
a lesson that appeared in Scholastic Art Magazine.
Paul B.
Jen J.
Erica M. Dara K.