Batiks, and how to make them

by Pieter Mijer

ILLUSTRATIONS

Chinese Screen Panel by Pieter Mijer and Emile Weeckers	Frontispiece
		FACING PAGE
Javanese Kain Kapala		[2]
Enlarged Detail of Native Sarong		[4]
Native Design Showing European Influence		[14]
Pure Native Design Adapted for European Use		[14]
Conventional Fish Design by Chris Lebeau		[26]
Geometrical Fish Design by Chris Lebeau		[28]
Stork Panel by Chris Lebeau		[30]
Flamingo Curtain by Pieter Mijer		[30]
The Use of Batik in Interior Decoration		[32]
Dyeing of Textile		[34]
Cleaning the Tjanting		[34]
Floral Design Entirely Executed with a Brush		[36]
Various Types of Tjantings		[46]
Scarf Batiked by Hazel Burnham Slaughter		[50]
The Right Way to Hold the Tjanting		[54]
The Use of the Brush for Filling Spaces		[54]
Tank for Separating Wax from Gasoline		[58]
“Spring” by C. Bertram Hartman and Pieter Mijer		[64]
By following the arrows in the above chart it willeasily be seen which colours should be mixed together in order toproduce a given colour and the various lengths of the connecting linesindicate about the proportion in which the dyes should be used		[68]
Successive Stages in the Making of a Batik		[74]
Successive Stages in the Making of a Batik		[76]
The Use of Batik for Costume		[78]
Sorceress by Arthur Crisp and Pieter Mijer		[80]

BATIKS, AND
HOW TO MAKE THEM

BATIKS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM