Yellow Palm Batik, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Night Gown - NG184

Yellow Palm Batik, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Night Gown - NG184Bright yellow ground with white palm shapes the yellow is warm and open, and the palm leaves fan across the cloth where the wax held the cotton back. In yellow, the palms have a sunny, cheerful quality that the cooler toned palm designs don't the colour brings energy rather than calm. The palm shapes were placed by hand across the full length of the night gown, each leaf at its own angle. Some overlap slightly, some stand apart the arrangement is

the dots are not printed but protected

each one blooming outward from a concentrated centre

interpreted freshly each time

Machine Washable after first 2 washes separately

or the other way depending on how you see it

each arc worked at a consistent tension that keeps the cloth flat and the design legible

The slight variation in petal width from one flower to the next is the mark of that process — an intentional design interpreted freshly each time

somewhere between rose and salmon depending on the light

repeating grid

the green carrying a natural warmth that stops the black from feeling stark

the colour has presence without weight

Each petal was outlined in wax before the green dye went on