Design Resource
Batik Printing - Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Batik Printing - One Among The Various Kinds of Prints
by
Prof. Bibhudutta Baral and Sandhya B.
Tools and Raw Materials
The tools that are required for the Batik Printing:
| • Bleaching Machine | - Fabric is bleached in the machine to get a white tone. |
| • Pot | - The pot is used to melt wax under certain temperatures. |
| • Wax thermometer | - Is used to check with the temperature of the wax. |
| • Tjanting | - Is used to make the melt wax flow through the column. |
| • Flat brushes | - Brushes are used to coat the fabric with melt wax. |
| • Newsprint paper | - Is used to sketch the required designs. |
| • Fabric | - Cotton and silk fabrics are used, on which the waxing takes place. |
| • Wax | - Bee wax and paraffin wax are mixed together and used. |
| • Print blocks | - Wooden blocks are used to print the melt wax. |
| • Paint brush | - Paint brush is used to spread the melt wax. |
| • Sponge | - Sponge is used to apply colors to spaces formed my motifs. |
| • Plastic bowls | - Are used to mix colors. |
| • Scissors | - Are used to cut the fabric. |
| • Hypo liquid | - Is the effective whitener for fabrics. |
| • Butter paper | - Is used to transfer the design on the fabric. |
| • Stylus | - Customized stylus made of coconut husk is used to outline the designs. |
| • Sand table | - The table frame filled with sand is used to place fabric and apply the melt wax. |
| • Colors | - Various colors are used to dye the fabric. |
| • Water tank | - Fabric is washed in open water tank after dyeing. |
| • Acid solutions | - Some acid solutions help retain the colors (Sulphuric & Nitric). |
