OPEN DOOR with Shantona

Session 3

We made all size flowers and butterflies using wax shavings – this technique is very much similar to batik, it creates a similar effect but we are working with wax paper instead of hot wax.

First we got some wax paper and chose a flower template and drew around the template.  Using a sharpener we got a wax crayon and sharpened the crayons, two colours often work well but I chose to do more than 2 and sometimes used 3-4. We mixed all the colours almost like mixing spices together and placed them inside the paper.

The paper was then ironed and as soon as the hot iron was placed on the paper, the wax was melted. It was good to see all the colours mix together.

Once the wax paper cooled we cut out the flower and stitched a button on it.

 

 

“Our favourite part was watching all the colours blend together”.