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Unicorn Challenges Dragon by ~Aignatius. A vibrant batik on cotton, 83" by 68" (about 211cm by 173cm) of the "Unicorn Challenges the Dragon Under the Sun and Moon." The suggester wrote, "Such an incredible and detailed batik-piece with stunning and vibrant colours!"
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Unicorn Challenges Dragon

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Title: Unicorn Challenges the Dragon Under the Sun and Moon
Year: 1977-78
Size: 83" X 68"
Medium: Traditional batik method; beswax, peraffin wax, textile dyes, on commercial cotton sheet.

I did this project while a senior in high school. It's presently hanging on my other wall in my bedroom. I had a lot of fun with it, though it was so big it was difficult to see what I was doing, especially after the first dye bath faded the pencil marks of the drawing. And then with all the wax that covered it toward the end. I didn't know how it was going to turn out until after the wax was ironed off, and that alone took me several days.
Not too bad, though, and the beeswax has kept it preserved all these years, otherwise the moths would have gotten to it long ago.
Image size
1710x1494px 2.71 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot A400
Shutter Speed
1/60 second
Aperture
F/3.8
Focal Length
6 mm
Date Taken
Apr 15, 2008, 2:00:30 PM
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The-MidnightFlower's avatar
wow! this is incredible!!! :D