Terri Haugen creates extraordinary batik art that radically differs from traditional batiks. This artist incorporates batik applications not only to fabric but to paper, wood, leather and sculpture. Among her most unique works are her two-dimensional layered batik paintings. They are whimsical, fun, colorful and even exotic at times.
Haugen's layered batik paintings start with a full-size sketch on newsprint. Then she goes over the pencil marks with a black marker. This drawing serves as the underneath painting. She places 26" x 34" tracing paper over the first drawing and traces all of the solid elements. After that, she draws in the translucent or motion elements and outlines that drawing with black marker. Haugen places the heavier silk on top of the first drawing and lightly traces the drawing on the silk with pencil. She places sheer organza silk over the second drawing and then traces the image the same way. She stretches both pieces of prepared silk (washed in hot water and soaked in a soda wash bath for 5 minutes) on a frame, and uses black water-solvent resist over her pencil marks where she wants to have black outlines.
Using hot bee's wax, Haugen outlines and fills in all areas that are to remain white. With fiber-reactive dyes, she begins to dye it from light to dark. Once dry, she covers the fabric with hot wax in all areas that are to remain that color. Steps are repeated and the fabrics are allowed to dry. At this point, Haugen covers the entire batik with wax and removes the fabric from the frame. Then she places her work in the freezer for a few moments to cool the wax. She removes and cracks the wax in the areas where she wants a veining effect to occur and applies black dye with a stiff brush, working it in to the cracks of the wax. She wipes off the excess dye and lets it dry again. She irons out the rest of the wax using an iron and layers of paper towels and mounts the silk to foam core. She attaches strips of foam core all the way around the outer edge of the first layer. This will be the area with no batik. She removes the release paper and aligns the top batik with the image below. Then she matches up the two batiks' solid elements. Finally, she cuts a mat for the batik and frames it.
Haugen's layered batik paintings create dimension and movement. By incorporating her batik methodology, she creates exciting works that stretch the boundaries of batik painting.
Guests Terri Haugen
Artist
Les Sirenes Galerie D'Art
Frankfort, MI
Phone: 231-352-7640
Email:
terrih@terrihaugen.com
Website:
www.lessirenes.com
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