Batiks!

Our French teacher, Kelly Etienne, is from Switzerland, and is an adventurer. She explored the local artisan market, and made arrangements for the 6^th through 11^th grades to go and make batiks, African style. Here you see us drawing the pictures we want, then outlining each part with beeswax. Then we “paint” each section with brilliant natural dyes. After they have dried, we cover all but the frame in a coat of wax, and let that dry. Then we crunch it up and dip it in a dark brown dye, turning the frame and crackled lines dark brown. After it dries, the entire batik is washed in gasoline to remove the wax, and line dried. Voilá!

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