Pink Palm, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Kaftan - K181

Pink Palm, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Kaftan - K181Soft pink with bold palm leaves the pink ground is warm and even, and the palm shapes emerge from it where the wax held the colour back. The leaves are generous in scale, sitting prominently across the cloth rather than as a background texture. The palm leaf outlines were applied in wax before the pink dye went on. Where the wax was thicker, the leaf edges are clean; where it thinned at the tips, the pink crept slightly inward those fine gradations at

lightening outward through layers of blue into the undyed ground

This is a high-contrast shaded piece — orange and black are far apart on the colour spectrum

Each circle boundary is a wax line

same session

The red is warm and confident

No two flowers in this pattern are drawn from exactly the same wrist movement

this kaftan gets its character from thread rather than dye

rounded rhythm that feels easy to wear

and it's what makes this a cloth rather than a print

The warmth of the two colours together means the kaftan catches light differently at different hours

Red with a triangle border — the bold red body meets the geometric hem detail in a combination that has a folk-art directness to it

closer to dark espresso than tan