Micro Music Genre: Process - Waxing and Designs

Below the images show the process of melting the wax and painting the wax onto the pencil drawn designs on the tote bags. This process seemed to work well, different ideas and designs were developed and changed to experiment how each would turn out on the tote nags when dyed. Ranging from type and text to repeated patterns and larger images of symbols. The designs were traced with wax using a paintbrush, rather than the batik waxing tool, as these were expensive. However in hindsight, it maybe would have been better to use that for the wax to be hotter and more accurate when placed onto the tote bag. It was hard to keep the wax hot enough, using a hot plate would have been better, however these resources weren't available at the time.