May 18, 2016
Last week we finished off Gallery 3 at Gawthorpe so it was time to move onto Gallery 2. I spent quite a bit of time today getting this gorgeous Indonesian batik sarong ready for display. I really wish I had been shown something this lovely when we covered batik in GCSE textiles, I think I would have had a much better appreciation for the technique and what it can produce.
To prepare it for hanging in the ‘Colour’ case I padded out a pole, covered it with fabric and then carefully stitched the sarong onto the fabric covering using Ultrafyne conservation thread. It is now in situ in the case and looking rather nice if I do say so myself. Gallery 2 will be open at the end of this week so do come and have a look!
