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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10273675, member: 2844"]Looks like the outlines are made using gutta percha, an Indonesian latex-like tree sap. You can get it in tubes in various colours, including that gold. And as mirana said, you squeeze it onto the fabric.</p><p>Gutta percha is used both in silk painting and batik. After painting you can iron it off like batik wax, but you can also leave it on to get the effect of coloured ridges.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10273675, member: 2844"]Looks like the outlines are made using gutta percha, an Indonesian latex-like tree sap. You can get it in tubes in various colours, including that gold. And as mirana said, you squeeze it onto the fabric. Gutta percha is used both in silk painting and batik. After painting you can iron it off like batik wax, but you can also leave it on to get the effect of coloured ridges.[/QUOTE]
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