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Welcome to Laughing Bear Batik Studio!
	We are located at 11 Jane Street, Saugerties, NY. This is where our beautiful 100% cotton apparel is produced.
Susie is dipping a copper-tipped Tjanting tool into melted wax. The melted wax flowing out of the Tjanting tool's tip allows us to create the unique designs seen on all of our comfortable clothing.
	Susie is drawing on the adorable lady bugs in this picture. All of our hand-made garments are one-of-a-kind and beautifully drawn. The moon, cloud and heart designs that are seen at the top of the picture are slipped inside the easy-to-wear clothes as a guide for our melted wax drawing.
Our natural, cotton apparel is all specially designed for our customers. These adorable, hand drawn giraffes are just one example of the unique designs that we offer.
.	The vibrant colors of our comfortable apparel are made from the dye powder which Debra is measuring in this picture
In this picture, a mortar and pestle are used to grind the colorful powdered dye. Everything done to make these natural, 100% cotton garments is done by hand.
	Here, the brilliant dye powder is being blended with water so we can add an exciting splash of color to all our natural, beautiful clothing.
The dye is now being poured through a strainer into a washing machine to get that exciting color to stick to our 100% cotton garments.
	The comfortable clothes are weighed in this picture for the dye bath. When they come out, they will be looking fresh and beautiful!
Our comfortable, versatile clothing is now being placed into the dye bath where the brilliant colors will stick to them and make them into great gifts for any occasion!
	Batik magic is being made here! Our versatile clothing is immersed in the dye bath to allow the color to attach itself everywhere on the clothing except where our adorable designs have been drawn.
Here, Debra is adding the dye fixer to the dye bath, a pool of color for our hand made creations!
	Our natural clothing takes a creative twist when Susie, shown here on the left, begins removing the wax left behind from our unique pictures drawn onto the garments when they were boiled.
Heavy lined gloves are used to remove the sopping clothing from the boiling water for rinsing.
	The beauty never ends! Barbara is applying exciting accessories, such as bright fabric paint and vibrant glitter, to the clothing after it has been boiled, rinsed and dried.
Our supply shelves are being stacked here by Barbara with yet another easy to wear, colorful shirt!
And that is the secret to batiking with Laughing Bear Studio!