Blue Oval Design, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Kaftan - K152

Blue Oval Design, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Kaftan - K152Blue oval shapes on white cotton the ovals sit in a scattered arrangement across the cloth, and the blue is clean and even, carrying the cool clarity of a mid blue without any heaviness. Against the white ground the pattern feels light and open. Each oval outline was drawn in wax by hand before the fabric was dyed. The inside of each oval stayed protected and white; everything outside absorbed the blue. The result is a pattern that uses negative and

Indigo-dyed colours might bleed in the first few washes

the blue softens slightly into the white ground — a fine halo that no print can replicate

and the leaf shapes spread across the cloth in an easy

creating a border that grounds the yellow body with structure

and the ovals are spaced generously

Bandhani is one of the oldest tie-resist techniques — no wax

sunset-like

the yellow is doing the work

The wine is a deep burgundy that intensifies at the centre of each bloom and lightens slightly toward the petal edges

and the blooms spread across the cloth with a confident spacing

Against the blue

That variation is the honest record of how the cloth was dyed