Ambiguous Space

These panels, are dyed with a particular wax resist technique in which the dye is overlaid many times with the wax being removed from the cloth after each application of wax/dye by washing several times.
This method, when several layers of dye are overlaid, yields deep and luminous colour. It enables areas of quite different hues to overlap and blend. The end product will have a greater number of individual colours and tones than any other method of dyeing. There is also no evidence in the finished image that wax - so essential to provide the hard edge of the colour shapes, has been used.
One disadvantage is that very thorough washing is needed to free the cloth from the wax residue, which would prevent the fibre from accepting the next and subsequent dye layers. Then the piece needs to be dried naturally, and stretched un-ironed to prevent the fibres from closing - causing them to be resistant to the next dye application.
There are also problems associated with large pieces, of washing, and re-stretching the fabric; of getting threads re-aligned. (Manipulating the dyed cloth often forces lines and edges out of position, creating oddly distorted shapes in the design.