Art Teachers Association of Ireland Conference: Batik Demonstration

In September 2018, I attended the Art Teachers Association of Ireland Conference. One of the workshops that was held at this conference was held by Aine Andrews, where she showed samples of Batik techniques as well as finished examples of Batik.

We were given the opportunity to test out the tools used for batik, such as cantings and tjantings. We were shown both the dip method as well as using sponges and brushes. While with the old Junior Certificate, it was required that the piece of batik should use the dip method, or at the very least, have been dipped twice. Aine admitted that she found that sponging helped to create a more efficient design, that was less time consuming and allowed pupils to have a bit more control over their finished designs.

However, with the new Junior Cycle, there is more freedom with designing a batik piece. There is more focus on the development of the research and the critical and contextual elements, rather than focusing on requirements of creating the batik.

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