Do you know Margot Bianca? She is an artist and independent designer of hand dyed and painted batiks ~ cotton, silk, floursacks. She wrote me the other day to introduce herself and to let me know that she is having a contest through a new Flickr page that she began to allow past, current, and future purchasers of her fabrics to showcase their creations made with her lovely batiks and hand painted fabrics.
I’m a studio artist, and I enjoy selling my functional work in my Etsy shop. My etsy batiks are influenced and informed by the ancient arts of textile designs from Indonesia and India. I use antique Indonesian copper batik stamps, carved foam stamps and tjanting tools to create my patterns. All of the batiks in my shop are hand printed, painted or drawn by me. I apply melted wax to the fabric, then dye it. The wax acts as a resist and doesn’t allow the dye to penetrate the fibers.
After dyeing, the wax must be removed from the fabric. I use the boiling method, which ensures that each batik piece can easily withstand even the hottest machine washing!During dyeing, the melted wax cracks in places, giving the batiked fabric its characteristic veiny lines and textures. Even after boiling and washing the fabric, the fibers will remain stiff from the wax for a while. The more you wash the fabric, the softer and more absorbent it will become.
All of my products are made out of 100% natural fibers of some sort, because only those fibers will accept a the types of dyes that I use. MARGOT BIANCA
Margot’s contest is open to past, current and futures puchasers of her fabric, floursacks, scarves, etc.. There 3 ways to win, 3 categories to peek your interest.
- DIY~creations using what you have bought and created into personal or home fashion. 4 pictures are to be submitted which should include detail shots.
- Fabulous Floursack Imagery~ your best images of your floursacks in action as functional art. this category also requires a 1-2 paragraph essay
- Best Photo~ this category is for your best photo incorporating Bianco’s work in a setting of your choice…playing with light and motion, and composition.
This is a very interesting contest. An opportunity for you to show your skills in sewing and photography. The contest runs until March 31st 2010. Please visit here to get the complete rules and quidelines for the contest and visit here for her lovely selection of fabric, scarves, and floursacks.
Good luck to all past 1400+ patrons of Margot’s shop and all the new ones to come 
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