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Take a look at your clothes. Do you think they are pieces of art? Well, maybe they are!
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Many artists are designers. A designer draws and makes something. They spend a long time creating something new. It takes lots of tries to get it right.
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Designers can design houses. They can design bridges. They can design cars. They can design fashion.
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Fashion is anything we wear. Fashion designers make clothes into art. They make clothes with different shapes. They make clothes with different colours. They make clothes with different patterns.
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Tie-dye is a type of art. It is used for clothes. It is very colourful.
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Tie-dye started in China or Japan. People used berries as dye. It is still done today.
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Tie-dye is easy to make. In fact, it can be done at home. You only need a t-shirt, dye, and rubber bands.
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Take a white cotton t-shirt. Wet it, then dry it out. Twist the t-shirt from the middle. Twist it until it is a small, flat shape. Put rubber bands around it. Then cover it in dye.
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Leave it for 24 hours. Then rinse out the dye. When you open it, it will be colourful! It should have beautiful spirals on it.
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Batik is a type of art. It is very old. It has been done for a long time.
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Batik is created by wax-resist dyeing. Hot wax is put on cloth. The wax is put on in a nice pattern. Some people use a stencil to make it neat.
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Next, the dye is put on top. Then the wax is taken off in hot water. Artists do this many times. They create amazing designs.
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Many designers in the world love fashion. They love making new clothes for people to wear. Just like art, fashion is always changing.