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                    Kareem Khadaied, owner of Khadani 
                    Fashions, invited several of us to visit his batik class in 
                    his lovely sunlit studio located at Mt Kiara, Kuala Lumpur. Lee 
                    Creswell, Fukumoto Shigeki, Rita Trefois, and I shared our own 
                    wax resist techniques with his multi-national students and then 
                    shared a delicious holiday potluck luncheon. |  
              | Lee Creswell Cambridge, UK Member of the Batik Guild, UK, 
                  and fiber artist who spoke on Ro-shibori Lee demonstrated her own batik 
                  technique. |  |  
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              | Shigeki Fukumoto  japan Rozome master, Professor of 
                  Art, Osaka University of Arts   
 Stencils are cut from card stock   |  | 
 
 Hot wax is shaken over the stencil onto stretched 
                  silk |  
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 Bokashi shading is done with an improvised 
                  hikezome brush |  
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              | Rita Trefois Gent, Belgium Internationally known fiber 
                  artist who spoke on The Versatility and Fascination of Batik   | 
 Rita’s work celebrates the lines drawn 
                  with the canting |  |  
              | Rita applys dye to the waxed 
                  lines as Kareem's wife and daughter look on |  | 
 Dye reveals the energy of the waxed 
                  lines |  
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