Dotted Red, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Night Gown - NG004

Dotted Red, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Night Gown - NG004Deep red dots on white cotton vivid and grounding at the same time. The red is warm and rich, scattered in the same quiet dotted arrangement that the batik process creates one mark at a time. Against the white ground it reads boldly, but the dot pattern keeps it easy on the eye. Night gown or not, the red here has a presence. Each dot held its white centre while the dye did everything around it, and the slight variation in density across the cloth is

The palm shapes were placed by hand across the full length of the night gown

and geometric

making this one of the more graphic pieces in the collection

the dye responded to the cotton

In certain lights the middle section reads as a deep teal

and the pink and white together keep the design feeling open

The pink is warm and clear

even green across the cotton — deeper and more saturated than leaf green

The circle boundaries are wax lines drawn before the dye went on

Brown tie-dye is quieter than the brighter colours — the tonal range from dark centre to pale edge is more compressed

deeply comfortable design

but the kind of green that shifts slightly in different light