batik

Encaustic Flow Pen for Encaustic Wax and Batik
$45.00
Watching the videos of this item being used, I couldn't' resist and I bought it. I didn't read the fine print though and it needed a heat regulator to go with it as well. Well after I bought the item and used it I found that it was not easy to use and was tedious when switching colors. It is basically a soldering iron that someone has welded the flow basin onto. The biggest problem I had is that the pointed flow regulator at the bottom of the basin, if you had any wax layers at all, would melt that layer as the wax was laid down on the painting. This is great if that is what you are trying to achieve but useless if you just want a single line of encaustic medium. Too much to spend on an item that you may use seldom at best.

Batik: Fabled Cloth of Java
$40.00
This book provides so much of the information I was seeking.
Geographical,historical,pictorial,technical,ancient and contemporary.
The cloth itself comes with a rich history and part of the pleasure of collecting batik is identifying the motifs and colour usage from various areas.
This book can and does provide so much background content of interest that it is difficult to peruse methodically and the urge to flick backwards and forwards with each page promising curious temptations
to absorb.

Creative Batik (Beginner's Guide to)
$19.95
I have purchased several books on batik, this is the best of the lot. Book has very clear, step by step instructions and includes simple projects such as paper, pillow case, and works up to more complex projects. Each project is accompanied with photographs, so its pretty easy to follow and understand the process. Also nice color photo of each finished project.

Family Games batik classic
$29.99
Our children's museum had the whole series of these games (quarto, quoridor, etc.) While some were addicting, (quoridor especially) this was fun at first, but we soon tired of it. There is strategy involved, it is simple to learn, but it just didn't hold our attention for long. In my opinion, this is a terrific series of games with one bomb.