Program: Creating Batiks with Bees Wax and Hand Carved Blocks - Batik lecture / Demo

Join a professional batik artist and see how these beautiful fabrics are made, live and in person! Jessica Kaufman has her Masters degree in Crafts Education and owns a hands-on textile dyeing studio in Asheville, NC. Her focus is on Indian woodblock batik, and will spend an hour demonstrating how the blocks work, explaining her wax and dye system, and talk us through the steps required to produce these one of a kind wax-resist fabrics. There will be a mini trunk show featuring purchasable sets of handmade fat quarters, made by Jess in her studio, washed and ready to sew with. The program is approximately 60 minutes long.