Rice Paper Batik

Rice Paper Batik

Dee Cochran's rice paper batiks are done with watercolor paint and permanent ink on rice paper. The paintings are done buy layering wax and paint done in a wax resist style of batik. Once satisfied with a painting, you gently crinkle the rice paper into a ball, pinching it in certain areas where you may want cracks to occur. The complete surface, as a final step, is covered with wax and then ironed to remove the wax. The resulting painting is similar to a stained glass window. When the painting is finally completed, float it on a sheet of mat board to reveal the deckle edges. This is only a synopsis of the process of the creation of a rice paper batik.