Gadis Batik Bambu (BT100025)

Material: Homemade-Fabric (Cotton)
Place of production: Guizhou
Size: 65*80cm, There are braids beneath.

Thick colored wax printing release feelings of minority ethnic groups- Lively, Clear, enthusiastic, and Naive; And subject to explain the meaning of Abstract Signs, such as Flower, bird, worm and fish, Crash mother love etc.

This is Miao Wax Printing in Qin and Han Dynasties, Chinese began to print pictures on the cloth and dye it later. When the wax was removed, the pictures could be seen.

Today, wax printing is mainly distributed among the ethnic minority areas of Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and Guangxi provinces. In the course of its development, the art acquired its unique folk artistic features and is one of the most characteristic national arts in China.

The wax printing of Miao is featured as being lucid, lively, and uninhibited. The kinds of wax printing products are various. There are wall hangings, letter bags, bags, aprons, cushions, table-clothes, door curtains, cloth-made dolls and so on. The style is from abstract to realistic. The content varies from figures, flowers and birds, landscapes to calligraphy.

The raw materials used in wax dyeing are pure cotton fabrics; The usual tools used for applying wax include a piece of copper and brass with bamboo handles. They are made from two small triangular pieces of metal, with their apexes bound to a bamboo holder by a copper wire. It is held like a pen either upright or on a slant in relation to the cloth, which is laid flat on a board. This tool is convenient for drawing straight or slightly curved lines.

Miao and Bouyei minority girls in China are highly skilled at wax printing. The realistic designs are usually plain, simple or rough in style. The shapes, not confined to the exact detail of nature, are boldly diverse and often exaggerated. This diversity and exaggeration come purely from the imagination, and are breathtakingly charming. The varied designs presented in either geometric shapes or as natural images, which generally stem from human life or legend, and are characterized with a rich folk hue.