Pink White Circles, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Kaftan - K024

Pink White Circles, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Kaftan - K024Pink and white circles scattered across the cloth fresh, open, and light. The pink is the softer side of rose, neither too bright nor too muted, the kind of colour that works well in daylight and lamplight equally. The circles float against each other without crowding, each white one carved out of the pink ground by the wax resist. Some sit closer, some have more breathing room the spacing is human, not algorithmic.

The petals were outlined in wax before the fabric was dyed

the purple sits closer to aubergine than lavender and the block shapes carry it across the cloth with a composed

and the slight variation across the cloth that comes with hand-dyeing gives it an interest that a plain-dyed piece wouldn't have

and the white cotton between the ovals keeps it cool and airy rather than cloying

The circles are scattered across the night gown without a rigid grid

it stays warm and amber

the colour concentrates slightly before thinning into the next section — a visible record of the wax resist at work

the colour crept under just a fraction — those small imprecisions are what make the boundary between colour and ground feel alive rather than printed

The zig zag is one of the more demanding batik patterns to execute cleanly — each angle has to turn sharply and the line has to resume without pause

Purple at this saturation in batik can absorb differently across the cloth depending on the cotton's surface

The colour sits differently on the body than a printed stripe — softer at its edges

Against the white