For batik equipment and materials, the Batik Guild recommends all the following suppliers based around the country. In most cases they will supply goods by mail order.
| Textile Techniques 37 High Street Bishop's Castle Shropshire SY9 5BE Suppliers of cantings, wax, cotton, dyes, samples, information etc. Also traditional Javanese batik fabrics. Tel +44 (0)1588 638712 www.textiletechniques.co.uk |
Handprinted Our online shop specialises in textile decoration
supplies. For batik practitioners we supply Tixor Malam batik
pots, electric tjantings, batik
wax, soya wax and beeswax, 4 styles of tjantings in various sizes,
Procion MX dyes, frames and pins along with Habotai 8, Pongee
5, Primissima and Prima cotton. |
| Whaleys (Bradford) Ltd. Harris Court Great Horton Bradford West Yorkshire BD7 4EQ Tel +44 (0)1274 576718 www.whaleys-bradford.ltd.uk |
MacCulloch & Wallis 25-26 Dering Street London W1S 1AT Tel +44 (0)20 7629 0311 www.macculloch-wallis.co.uk |
| Rainbow Silks 6 Wheelers Yard High Street Great Missenden Bucks HP16 0AL Tel +44 (0)1494 862111 www.rainbowsilks.co.uk |
Pongees (Silk, trade only) 28-30 Hoxton Square London N1 6NN Tel +44 (0)20 7739 9130 www.pongees.co.uk |
| Art Van Go 1 Stevenage Road Knebworth Herts SG3 6AN Tel +44 (0)1438 814946 www.artvango.co.uk |
Fibrecrafts Old Portsmouth Road Peasmarsh Guildford GU3 1LZ Tel +44 (0)1483 565800 www.georgeweil.com |
| Arts & Crafts (+Draftline) 21 Fore Street Redruth Cornwall TR15 2BD Tel +44 (0)1209 213534 www.artsand.co.uk |
Homecrafts Direct (Trade only) PO Box 38 Leicester LE1 9BU Tel +44 (0)116 2697733 www.homecrafts.co.uk |
| Specialist Crafts Ltd (Formerly Dryad Handicrafts) PO Box 247 Leicester LE1 9QS Tel +44 (0)116 2697711 8.30am-5pm Mon-Fri www.speccrafts.co.uk |
Craftynotions.com Unit 2, Jessop Way Newark NG24 2ER Tel +44 (0)1636 700862 www.craftynotions.com |
| Kemtex Educational Supplies Chorley Business Centre Euxton Lane Chorley Lancs PR7 6TE Tel +44 (0)1257 230220 www.kemtex.co.uk |
Colourcraft Unit 5 555 Carlisle Street East Sheffield S4 8DT Tel +44 (0)114 2421431 www.colourcraftltd.com |
| Textile Techniques Jim & Diane Gaffney 37 High Street Bishop's Castle, Shropshire SY7 5BE Tel +44 (0)1588 638712 www.textiletechniques.co.uk |
Noel Dyrenforth (procion Dyes & cantings) 11 Shepherds Hill London N6 5QJ Tel +44 (0)208 348 0956 Email: dyrenforno@aol.com |
(fine egg decorating tjanting tools)
| Ukranian Bookshop 49 Linden Road Notting Hill Gate London W2 4HG Tel +44 (0)20 7229 8392 |
(Art & craft materials for schools only)
| Philip and Tacey Johnsonbrook Road Hyde Cheshire SK14 4QT www.philipandtacey.co.uk |
| Mail order supplies for Textile Artists worldwide Winifred Cottage 17 Elms Road Fleet Hampshire GU51 3EG Tel +44 (0)1252 617667 www.winifredcottage.co.uk Email: sales@Winifredcottage.co.uk |
What's On
Batik Exhibition
13 Jan to 31 May 2012
Batik exhibition
8 Feb to 6 May 2012
Batik on Fabric
10 Mar 2012
Batik on Fabric
10 Mar 2012
Rozome Intro and Review/ For Beginners and Experienced
14 to 16 Mar 2012
Saturday 17 March 2012 - Taster workshop on fabric and paper
17 Mar 2012