Celebrating International Women’s Day – 8 March 2021
I am truly proud to have been able to devote a small part of my life to helping empower women artisans in Indonesia, and the strongest reason to celebrate International...
YOU THINK THIS IS A MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE?? YOU ARE KIDDING ME!!!
It aches my heart when I find a textile sold online with false information, cheating potential buyers with misleading details. The victims are usually textile lovers who do not have...
LET’S SUPPORT SLOW TEXTILE PRODUCTION, AND HELP SAVE OUR PLANET
LET'S SUPPORT SLOW TEXTILE PRODUCTION, AND HELP SAVE OUR PLANET. Keeping the textile production going is great, but equally important to keep the textile culture alive and to respect the...
REMEMBERING R.A.KARTINI, THE WOMEN I LOOK UP TO, MY HEROINE!!
R.A Kartini (info about her here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartini) started the campaign to defend women's rights in Indonesia, through education, and to show your appreciation and respect for her amazing work, it is...
Sharing Indonesian Textile Stories with Institut Teknologi Bandung’s MBA Students
When I left high school years ago, I wanted so much to get a place to study at Institute Teknologi Bandung (ITB), one of Indonesia’s most prestigious universities. Sadly I...
Memory of International Fashion Parade in Muscat, Oman in 1991, showing my Ikat in the Gulf
The thing you find when digging up old photos in the computer, I found this photo, the only photo I have from an international fashion parade event organised by a...
Symposium on Ikat Textiles SOAS, London – “Ties That Bind (Past, Present and Future)”
It was an honour that I got invited by the legendary Indonesian Fashion Designer, Merdi Sihombing, to co-present his Ulos Batak presentation at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS University of London during the Symposium on...
Cooking for OATG (Oxford Asian Textile Group) members fundraising for Connect Indonesia, The Charity
[envira-gallery id="194"] I am truly grateful to the members of OATG (Oxford Asian Textile Group) www.oatg.org.uk who made the effort to attended our small charity lunch event on Saturday 18th...