Green & Black Shaded, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Night Gown - NG040

Green & Black Shaded, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Night Gown - NG040Green shading into black the green is brightest at one end of the night gown and the colour deepens progressively through the length until it reaches near black at the hem. The gradient is long and slow, giving the piece a visual weight that settles toward the ground. Shaded batik like this is built through sequential dyeing the cloth goes into progressively darker baths, with sections being protected between each pass. The result is a gradient that

The wax protected each white circle while the red spread across the rest of the cloth

nature-drawn quality

balanced rhythm

and where they meet in the pattern they create a third tone that sits between them

Two-colour batik palms require separate wax applications for each colour

Where the wax ran fractionally thin at a turn

and those slight differences across the cloth are what give the pattern its human quality

repeating grid — the blue is a solid

the green carrying a natural warmth that stops the black from feeling stark

Both are part of the piece

medium tone that reads confidently without heaviness

On a night gown