Promoting Green Practices in Textile Dyeing

By Nicole Chang

July 2025 FEATURE
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Yann Indigo Dye Room Exhibition, titled Isle Blue Serendipity held at Penang Book Island @COEX, Hin Bus Depot, Penang (30 August - 15 September, 2024). Yann’s creative and innovative indigo dye art and artisan products showcase her mastery of various researched and learned techniques. Each handcrafted indigo piece reflects her passion for this sustainable artisanship, highlighting the beauty of natural pigments and the relevance of traditional techniques in contemporary living.
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG) No. 12: Responsible Consumption and Production is probably one of the reasons creators and producers are advocating green practices; these can go from adopting eco-friendly materials (raw and supporting materials) to using green production mediums, techniques, processes, eco-packaging, etc. The same trend can be observed among textile artisans who live as “ambassadors” for the environment.A study[1] by researchers from Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) highlights the resurgence of local knowledge in textile dyeing using colourants/pigments extracted from...

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Nicole Chang

has just completed her PhD programme at the Department of Development Planning and Management, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.


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