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Organic Modern Style, Terracotta Jug, Chipping Campden, 1980s Studio Pottery
Located in Glasgow, GB
style of pottery decoration was achieved using what's known as 'wax resist'—a skilled studio pottery
Category

Late 20th Century British Organic Modern Pitchers

Materials

Stoneware, Terracotta

Ray Finch Winchcombe Studio Pottery Square Dish, 20th Century
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
in brown tenmoku style glazes in a wax resist fence pattern over a mottled green stoneware glazed
Category

20th Century English Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Stoneware

Ray Finch Winchcombe Studio Pottery Square Dish, 20th Century
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
in brown tenmoku style glazes in a wax resist fence pattern over a mottled green stoneware glazed
Category

20th Century English Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Stoneware

Mysterious Indonesian Animal Batik Textile
Located in New York, NY
Francisco. could also be a copy. tough to tell! Measures: 3'x 6' Batik is a technique of wax-resist
Category

Mid-20th Century Indonesian Anglo-Japanese Pillows and Throws

Materials

Textile

Andrianna Shamaris Antique Balinese Ceremonial Sarong
Located in New York, NY
. Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the entire textile. We have a
Category

Vintage 1960s Indonesian Tribal Pillows and Throws

Materials

Cotton

A Printed Cotton cloak Visite - Provence Circa 1820-1850
Located in Toulon, FR
century and was probably made in Alsace. Wax-resist printed cotton for the black and green background and
Category

1820s French Capes

Andrianna Shamaris Antique Balinese Ceremonial Sarong
Located in New York, NY
many uses for these soft cotton batiks. Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied
Category

Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Pillows and Throws

Materials

Cotton

Andrianna Shamaris Antique Balinese Ceremonial Sarong
Located in New York, NY
. Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the entire textile. We have a
Category

Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Pillows and Throws

Materials

Cotton

Andrianna Shamaris Balinese Antique Ceremonial Sarong
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the entire textile. The price reflects one and the sizes
Category

Vintage 1960s Indonesian Organic Modern Textiles

Materials

Textile

Andrianna Shamaris Balinese Antique Ceremonial Sarong
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
. Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the entire textile with a copper stamp
Category

Vintage 1960s Indonesian Organic Modern Textiles

Materials

Textile

Andrianna Shamaris Antique Balinese Ceremonial Sarong
Located in New York, NY
. Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the entire textile. We have a
Category

Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Pillows and Throws

Materials

Cotton

Large Impressive British Tenmoku Glazed Studio Pottery Lidded Pot
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
glazes with wax resist linear patterning repeated around the body of the pot with a matted contrasting
Category

20th Century English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Bottle (Vase)
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist: Shoji Hamada Title: BOttle Medium: Stoneware, Iron Pigment Brushwork, Wax Resist, Kaki
Category

1940s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze, Pigment

Roy Hamilton "Faux Marble" Bowl, circa 1980
By Roy Hamilton
Located in Kinderhook, NY
creating pattern with a hot-wax resist method derived from Batik printing of cloth. Hamilton has produced
Category

Vintage 1980s American Decorative Bowls

Materials

Ceramic

Margaret Putnam Painting “Praise”
By Margaret Putnam
Located in Dallas, TX
. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues, developing new
Category

1970s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint

Figurative Watercolor Painting by Gina Lombardi Bratter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sicilian artist. In 1968 Gina Lombardi became interested in Indonesian wax resist techniques. From the
Category

Vintage 1980s American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

John Piper, Abstract, Landscape, Tetbury, 1957, Watercolor, Gouache, Pastel
By John Piper
Located in Eversholt, Bedfordshire
use of wax resist to give a stippled effect through layers of colour is particularly interesting
Category

1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache

John Piper, Abstract, Landscape, Tetbury, 1957, Watercolor, Gouache, Pastel
By John Piper
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
use of wax resist to give a stippled effect through layers of colour is particularly interesting
Category

Vintage 1950s Modern Drawings

Materials

Paper

John Piper, Tetbury, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Pastel, 20th Century, Abstract
By John Piper
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
vocabulary of textures. Particularly interesting is the subtle use of wax resist to give a stippled effect
Category

Vintage 1950s Drawings

Materials

Paper

"Portrait of a Young Lady" Mid Century Margaret Putnam
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring
Category

1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel

"The Blue Eye" Mid Century Modern Texas Abstract
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
could not be otherwise because no one had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil

"Dove" Mid Century Modern Texas Abstract
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
not be otherwise because no one had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil

"Half Heart" Mid Century Modern Texas Abstract
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
could not be otherwise because no one had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil

"JUGGLER" MID CENTURY MODERN (1913-1989) COURT JESTER COLORFUL FUN
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues, developing new techniques
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Tree"
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"INTO THE DEEP" JONAH
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
no one had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Psalm 121:1 "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills" Texas Artist San Antonio
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues, developing new techniques
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Foil

"Two Figures" Etching
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues
Category

1960s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Etching

"The Pavillion" Mid Century Modern Texas Painting Large
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues, developing new techniques
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Recitative, Ping Pang Pong" MCM MID CENTURY MODERN BATIK
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
not be otherwise because no one had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"Lamp Dancers" Batik on Silk Texas Modernist Margaret Putnam
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues
Category

1960s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Sand, Sea, and Sky" Mid Century Modern Texas Painting Large
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

J. Parker - 1881 Watercolour, Portrait of an Elderly Soldier
Located in Corsham, GB
hard life. Parker has used touches of white wax crayon to create a resist effect, emphasizing his
Category

19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Live Edge Cedar Hand-Made Dining Table
Located in Hixson, TN
view of the special woodgrain. Next, it was thickly coated in brown wax, which resists scratches. Easy
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American American Craftsman Dining Room Ta...

Materials

Cedar

A Quilting Indian Chintz Palampore And Taffeta Bedcover Circa 1720/1750
Located in Toulon, FR
. Printed cotton, mordant and resist dyed, wax reserve and pincelled finish in red, black, purple and yellow
Category

Early 18th Century French Textiles and Quilts

Bellini Italian Art Pottery Vase Atomic Orange Stencil Wax Resist Ground
By Bellini Studio
Located in Wilton, CT
yellow wax resist ground, circa 1970's. 11 1/2" high, 6 1/2" diameter. Excellent condition.
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Vases

Materials

Pottery

Vic Bracke California Studio Stoneware Pottery Vase with Wax Resist Glazing
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Stoneware pottery vase with wax resist decoration created by Vic Bracke of Bakersfield, California
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

1960s Bagni for Raymor Wax Resist Bamboo Design Italian Pottery Lamp
By Alvino Bagni
Located in Wilton, CT
Striking Alvino Bagni pop art pottery lamp with wax resist bamboo design in metallic black on
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Pottery

David Leach Tenmoku Dolomite Glazed Wax Resist Studio Pottery Bowl
By David Leach
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
speckling and with wavy wax resist lines revealing the glaze beneath. This absolutely stunning example has
Category

20th Century English Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Stoneware

Geoffrey Whiting Avoncroft Wax Resist Leafy Stem Design Studio Pottery Vase
By Geoffrey Whiting
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
glazed ground with wax resist leafy twig like designs repeated around the body by renowned and highly
Category

Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Marianne De Trey Studio Porcelain Wax Resist Linear Patterned Vase
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine British studio pottery porcelain fluted vase with wax linear decoration by renowned potter
Category

Vintage 1980s English Modern Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Rice Plantation - Original Wax by J. Soedihono - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
1976. Batik is a technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the whole cloth, or cloth made using this
Category

1970s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Wax

"Sunburst Dash" Hand-Painted Hide by AVO
By AVO
Located in Los Angeles, CA
grey with white wax resist.
Category

2010s American Mid-Century Modern North and South American Rugs

Materials

Leather

Tim Keenan Ceramic Vase
By Tim Keenan
Located in San Diego, CA
abstract expressionist wax resist design, Keenan is a highly skilled potter and artist.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Clay

Bagni Ceramiche Tulip Vase by Alvino Bagni, Italy, circa 1970
By Bagni Ceramiche, Alvino Bagni
Located in Pymble, NSW
wax-resist pattern of flowers and leaves in excellent condition.
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Joel Edwards California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Joel Edwards
Located in San Diego, CA
Stoneware bowl with wax resist decoration by California artist, Joel Edwards. 1960s Joel Edwards
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Ceramic

Big Vintage Hanging Bitossi Italian Art Pottery Plate Charger Cubist Still Life
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
glazes separated by a wax resist outline. Design number 1841 dated to 1959-1961. Sturdy steel wire for
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Pottery

Ethnic Blue - Original Batik - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
. Includes frame: 65.5 x 1 x 61 cm Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper

Indonesian scene - Original Batik - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
folds. Includes frame: 65.5 x 1 x 61 cm Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Palm Springs Diamonds Stoneware Vase
By Jonathan Adler
Located in New York, NY
create a striated texture. Patterns are masked off using tape and wax resist and finished with a satin
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Palm Springs Tapered Stoneware Vase
By Jonathan Adler
Located in New York, NY
striated texture. Patterns are masked off using tape and wax resist and finished with a satin-matte ivory
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Palm Springs Urn Stoneware Vase
By Jonathan Adler
Located in New York, NY
striated texture. Patterns are masked off using tape and wax resist and finished with a satin-matte ivory
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Indian Ascetic Early Work by Margot Lovejoy, Mixed-Media on Paper
By Margot Lovejoy
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An Indian ascetic early work by Margot Lovejoy, mixed-media, pencil, crayon, watercolor, wax resist
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Wax, Watercolor

Andrianna Shamaris Balinese Antique Ceremonial Sarong
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
for these soft cotton batiks. Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the
Category

Vintage 1960s Indonesian Organic Modern Textiles

Materials

Textile

Bernard Leach Miniature Floral Design Studio Vase, 20th Century
By Bernard Leach
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
raised narrow neck and is decorated in mottled brown over cream glazes, a wax resist floral design
Category

20th Century English Vases

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Beautiful Lilly Batik, 1977, Signed by C. Powell
Located in New York, NY
selected areas of cloth before dying it. The parts covered in wax resist the dye and remain the original
Category

1970s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Dye, Wax

Vintage Women s Jacket, Miao of Guizhou, China, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
. Worn on festive occasions, this distinctive jacket is decorated with a batik wax-resist design on the
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Tribal Textiles

Materials

Cotton

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Wax Resist For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal wax resist for your home. A wax resist — often made from ceramic, pottery and porcelain — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the wax resist you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A wax resist made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular. Peter Beard, Alvino Bagni and Geoffrey Whiting each produced at least one beautiful wax resist that is worth considering.

How Much is a Wax Resist?

Prices for a wax resist can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $295 and can go as high as $4,000, while the average can fetch as much as $560.