Tea Bag Batik Project: Unveiling the Beauty of Waste Material ( THETIS BLACKER AWARD 2023 )
In May 2023, I was selected as the winner of The Thetis Blacker Award. The Thetis Blacker Award is a highly esteemed accolade given out...
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duniamotif
- Jul 18, 2022
- 2 min
Summer of Blue: First Attempt with Sig Vat (urine vat)
July 10th 2022 Met Rita at Waterloo Park to collect some woad( read more about woad from Susan & Ashley blog) for our first urine...
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duniamotif
- Jun 9, 2022
- 1 min
An explorative workshop: Extracting colour pigments from kitchen Waste
This workshop was hosted by FabCafe Malaysia The workshop is designed to be an explorative workshop where we explore and discover various...
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duniamotif
- May 28, 2022
- 2 min
Wise Waste: Collection Of Natural Dyes Made From Kitchen Waste
This project was created in response to Covid 19 and supported by CENDANA Malaysia. #createnowfunding #CENDANAMalaysia In March 2020, the...
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duniamotif
- Aug 4, 2021
- 4 min
From Mum's Home Garden to the Creation of 'Kupas' Apron
Since March 2020, when the Coronavirus struck and disturbed the nation, we've been in this strange phase for nearly two years. Last...
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duniamotif
- Sep 17, 2020
- 2 min
The Precious Rust
During my dyeing experiments, any ingredients used or introduced into the pot resulted in the dyepot's distinct colour. Some contain...
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duniamotif
- Feb 4, 2020
- 3 min
Fibres & Fabrics : The Cellulose Base
The natural fibres are vegetable, animal, or mineral in origin. Vegetable fibres, as the name implies, are derived from plants. The...
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duniamotif
- Feb 3, 2020
- 3 min
Fibres & Fabrics: Type of Animal Fibres & Its Nature
Before I start with dye process, I will take time to feel and touch the fabric material. It is important to know and identify your...
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duniamotif
- Jan 3, 2020
- 2 min
Material Matters at SGA Gallery
Material Matters celebrates artisanal craftsmanship of four Malaysian artists, working in a rich variety of materials, including natural...
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ummi junid
- Sep 28, 2019
- 2 min
DuniaMotif is now in Norwich!
Its Autumn and getting close to Winter. The weather is splendid and sometimes it can be unpredictable too. I took the time to get myself...
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duniamotif
- Feb 26, 2019
- 2 min
The creation of Belantara
Belantara derives from 'Hutan Belantara'. Color of the tropical jungle of Asia. Each of the color or also known as dyes are inspired from...
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ummi junid
- Nov 14, 2018
- 2 min
Magnificent Manggis ( Mangosteen )
Did you know that every plant has its own color pigment. Pigments are responsible in every color we see on the plants around us. Beside...
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duniamotif
- Sep 5, 2018
- 1 min
Adopt your first Indigo Seed!
Indigo pigment grows in the leaves of different type of species around the world. Some of the species that grows very well under tropical...
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duniamotif
- Mar 17, 2018
- 1 min
Visit to Tinctori Dye, Central Java Indonesia
DuniaMotif went to Semarang, Indonesia to meet Tinctori Natural Dye(Mas Ipul) and learn the process of Indigo dye and learning about the...
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duniamotif
- Sep 24, 2017
- 1 min
Indigo to Dye For
There's saying says third time is a charm. Apparently this is my 5th time and I still fail to get the blue color fix on my fabric. I have...
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duniamotif
- Sep 23, 2017
- 2 min
Charity and Natural Dye Exploration
It was a great session especially getting to see the participants really took their time to experience the slow process of organic dye....
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duniamotif
- Sep 8, 2017
- 1 min
Shibori Week
Shibori is also commonly known as 'ikat' technique that requires composition placement of how and where the pattern should be place on...
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ummi junid
- Aug 28, 2017
- 1 min
The Bunga Air Pattern
This batik took 72 hours to complete starting from sketching the line and connecting the doodle line work with the repetitive pattern...
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