There are different ways to decorate clothes. In the field of textiles, clothing can be improved mainly through printing, dyeing, and batik. Resistance methods for fabric decoration include resist wax/batik, starch/clay, konkonte (cooked cassava dough), stitching or tritiking, wood and nails method, knotting, bundling, binding, chemical resistance, and many others. However, wax resistance, starch resistance and tie-dyeing are discussed.
• Wax/Batik resistant
Tools and materials needed:
Cloth, wax, tjantin, brush, stamps, gloves, spoon, dyes and chemicals, plastic bowls, metal pans or pots, a heat source.
Process:
1. Apply molten wax to the fabric with tjantin, brush, stamp, etc. to resist some areas of the fabric that are not going to receive dye during the dyeing process. Other techniques used separately or in combination with this may include paint, splatter, drop, spray or stamping techniques to create interesting patterns on the surface of the fabric.
2. The fabric is dyed with the first color dye. It is deparaffinized, rinsed and dried.
3. The fabric is waxed again for the dyeing of the second color to obtain the two-tone effect. Waxing is done on other parts of the fabric before dyeing.
• Starch resistant
Tools and materials needed:
Fabric, boiled starch, dyes, chemicals, gloves, spoon, brush, bowl, metal pot or pan, pencil
Process:
1. The fabric is spread out on a table and patterns or designs are created on it with the use of a pencil.
2. Boiled starch is applied to the fabric with a brush. Let it dry completely. The dyeing of the first color is carried out. During dyeing, the non-starched areas receive the dye liquor.
3. Different areas of the fabric are starched again and the second color is dyed. This is followed by dewaxing, rinsing and drying.
• Tie dye
Tools and materials needed:
Fabrics, dyes, chemicals, raffia/cord, hand gloves, spoon, bowl, wood and nails, heat source.
Process:
1. The cloth is folded, tied, sewn or bunched, etc. with raffia or cord. Another alternative is to place the fabric between two pieces of wood and nail them to resist staining in some areas of the fabric.
2. Dye the fabric with the first color dye. It is untied, rinsed and dried.
3. The fabric is then folded, tied, sewn or bunched again. The cloth is dyed with the second color dye. It is untied, rinsed and dried.