spa day

Late in the week we did waxing and bleaching -- not on ourselves but on fabric.

I had the idea that working with wax would be complicated and hard. But this was fun and easy because it used soy wax. I like fun and easy. We each glued string to a wood block in some kind of pattern to make a stamp, dipped the stamp in gently melted soy wax, pressed the waxed stamp on black fabric, then bleached and rinsed. One of the joys of soy wax is that it is water soluble so you can rinse it out in the sink with HOT running water and not clog the pipes.

I added some drips (the round spots) with a tjanting. The blotchy bits are either residual sizing or not enough patience with the bleach. I was late to the table so there was very little wax in the pan which, I'm told, is why I got so much detail in the string.

I think I will do this again. I was at Home Depot cruising for stamp supplies for a project I have in mind. The first homemade stamp, tile spacers adhered to a sheet of Lexan, is drying upstairs.