Emergency homework help - textiles. PLEASE HELP!!

[swedishmum]

Does anyone know the name of the technique where you draw wax crayon on paper then iron a piece of fabric over the top??
Thank you

Not sure, but could it be batik?

Yup I'd go for that too !

yes look here

thought it was encaustic art guess who was sleeping during textiles?

Is that not when you paint or dribble on clear wax for a resist to paint or ink.

Encaustic is when you put the iron directly in the wax. But you can then transfer it on to fabric like this

encaustic is when you make a picture with the wax with an iron.

Batik is when you use the wax to stop a dye in the fabric (or paper) to get the colour effect of dying whatever part isn't stopped by the wax.

I suggested batik, but she insists it's something else. Will suggest encaustic art in the morning.

Many thanks for the replies.

I'm so jealous of all you arty people!

does she have to find a specific name for it? Is it a quizz or is she trying to describe a piece of work? I'd say it is heat transfed wax. Or just a transfer technique.

yeah, its not batik, you drip/train molten wax over the fabric for that, then dye/paint the fabric before removing the wax.

Not sure what it is though, sorry!