Lisa Telling Kattenbraker

These batiks are created using locally harvested beeswax and fiber reactive dyes on cotton fabric. Through hundreds of hours of wax application, both ancient and contemporary patterns are batiked into the fabric. While the narrative pieces are expressions of experiences from my own life, the imagery, patterns and symbols create an emotive backdrop, while stick figures remain faceless inviting the viewer to bring their own stories into each creation with the hopes of sparking conversation and connection.