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Short pieces on wax, dye and cloth from the veranda, every other Sunday.

A hand drawing hot wax lines across stretched white cotton

Waxing a frangipani on stretched white cotton

Inside: one pot of wax, a tjanting and the first line that sets the whole pattern.

Nov 5, 2026 · 8 min read

Lifting a cloth out of the indigo bath
Nov 4, 2026 · 7 min read
Drawing a pattern on paper before the wax
Nov 3, 2026 · 6 min read
Why the wax cracks, and when I want it to
Nov 2, 2026 · 9 min read
A morning on the fort wall with a cup of tea
Nov 1, 2026 · 5 min read
Mixing a dye bath that does not streak
Oct 24, 2026 · 8 min read
Three batik patterns you can draw in an hour
Oct 17, 2026 · 7 min read
What I check before I wax any cloth
Oct 10, 2026 · 6 min read
Washing the wax out in hot water
Oct 3, 2026 · 7 min read

A hand drawing hot wax lines across stretched white cotton

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Wax Notes

A short letter every other Sunday about one cloth, one pattern and one thing the veranda taught me.