This was my first try at mulberry batik, I tried to paint the color just where I wanted it with an Aquapainter. What I didn't realize is that it's devilishly hard to see exactly where you want it to go because you can't hardly even see where you've embossed! Plus the larger fibers seemed to suck the color out and leach it into areas where I dind't want it. That's about when I decided that sponge daubers were the way to go.