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After closing the shop in 1993, with no lessons
and very few examples of batik to refer to, I went to work experimenting
with wax and dyes. All I wanted to do was batik, I was addicted.
I would work out color sequences in my dreams, became a hermit
and couldn't wait to get back to the studio every morning. I've
tried to put my finger on exactly what about batiking hooked me,
other than the end result which is, I think, a relatively minor
part of it. Maybe it's the element of surprise as the image begins
to emerge with each successive dyeing. The challenges of the batik
process are quite compelling and have kept me just as interested
and excited now, 16 years later. It has been a lesson in patience,
the importance of process, and acceptance. The fringe benefits
are that it's taken me places I would never have visited and also
connected me with my husband. It has been my source of income for
many years now which is sometimes a struggle, but I truly love
my art and only want to make enough to keep doing it.
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