My first stop upon arrival to the UK was to visit batik artist Rosi Robinson in her home/studio in Sussex.
Bleary-eyed and jet-lagged, I stepped off the plane and took a taxi directly to Cumnor House School where Rosi teaches the art of batik to her students.
There, I was greeted by a classroom full of lively, blond, beautiful, English children engaged in various acts of creation. Honestly, the shock of seeing so much white skin again after 8 months in Asia was a bit overwhelming.
The idea of wax resisting dye is first introduced by painting washes onto designs of oil pastels/crayons onto paper.
Then, students move on to hot wax and cotton. It's amazing to see such young artists working in such a difficult, not to mention dangerous medium!
Even more astonishing is that Rosi still manages to make time for her own (gorgeous!) batik paintings in her home studio.
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Cool video.
Fred Smilek
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