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We would like to thank Jit Sin Independent Secondary school for inviting us to contribute to Science Week in May 2023 by organizing a workshop titled "自然色之美,不忘初心".

The workshop teaches basic knowledge on textiles and natural dye plus sharing its history that dates back centuries to the school students.

19/05/2023

We would like to thank Penang Chinese Girls' Private High School for the invitation to organize an online course during the Movement Control Order.

The course is about basic knowledge on textile making from the raw materials to a finished product
"从零到有,看布与大自然的结合"

24/02/2023

JEN Hotel Penang Georgetown, together with Root and Bark, had organized a Natural Dye Workshop for children with special needs.

In the workshop, we guide the kids to make lanterns with natural dyed fabric in conjunction with the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival. The kids are great learners of natural dye techniques and very artistic with the patterns on the fabric. It is always a joy when kids get to express their creativity freely.

We thank JEN Hotel Penang for the invitation to organize and run the workshop in 2019.

23/02/2023

The participants of the Natural Dye workshop at Mano Plus had a great time using natural dye to make their products :)

23/02/2023

The Natural Dye Workshop 2018 "大地之色" 天然染色工坊 at Mano Plus | George Town, Penang.

We thank William and Kai Pin of Mano Plus for the invitation and event organization. :)

23/02/2023

Evelyn’s Journey to discover the hidden wonders of Natural Dye

3.Evelyn met and learned from Mr Chen Ching-Lin and Mrs Ma Yu-Hsiu first in Shenzhen, China and then later in Taiwan. Ever since the introduction of mass produced synthetic dyes in Taiwan, the use of natural dyes has faded away from use in everyday life. Mr Chen and Mrs Ma strives to bring back the traditional craft. Over the decades, they have promoted natural dye successfully via exhibitions and books locally and overseas. They also used the natural beautiful colours of natural dye to create impressive paintings, garments and fashion accessories.

Link to more information:
https://collection.sina.cn/2017-05-16/detail-ifyfeius7987213.d.html?

23/02/2023

Evelyn's Journey to discover the hidden wonders of Natural Dye

2. Mrs Evelyn meet and learn from Master Huang Ronghua in Beijing, China in 2016. Master Huang has spent more than 4 decades and countless experiments to recover all the dyeing and natural printing methods of ancient China. He has recovered more than 1000 colors derived from natural dyeing techniques from the past.

23/02/2023

Evelyn's Journey to discover the hidden wonders of Natural Dye

1. Evelyn meets and learn from Master Sachio Yoshioka in Malaysia and China during 2015 and 2018 respectively.

Master Yoshioka started to lead Somenotsukasa Yoshioka in his 40s to continue his family tradition of textile dyeing that stretched back for five generations since the late Edo Period in the 1800’s. Master Yoshioka focused on reviving ‘forgotten’ natural colours and preserving techniques of natural dyeing. He also gave lectures and workshops across Japan and the world.

“I really appreciate on the chance of meeting him. He shared a lot of important techniques and knowledge on natural dye long thought to be lost to time. I hope that I can pass down the beauty of natural dye to the next generation via Root N Bark by reintroducing natural dye back into the textile industry.” Evelyn Leow

Links to information about Master Sachio Yoshioka:
(https://www.toki.tokyo/artisan-stories/sachio-yoshioka)
(https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/culture/2015/01/03/japans-ancient-dyeing-art)
(https://www.textiles-yoshioka.com/eng/)

Photos courtesy of:
Root N Bark
The Star Newspaper
Selvedge Magazine

23/02/2023

Our Founder, Mrs Evelyn Leow (Textile maker and artist).

She has a background in Textile and Garment Technology from Feng Chia University and worked in textile and garment factories during the 1990s and 2000s. However, as time passes, she found out that the textile industry is unsustainable and current industrial methods are harmful to the environment. Considering this, she does research by herself on making contemporary textile and garment products by using and improving on older generation natural dye techniques of the past. Thus, she started Root n Bark to help further her pursuit.

Her goal of the company is to use environmentally friendly methods to make textiles and garments while maintaining the benefits of current industrial scale fashion products manufacturing like reasonable cost and large quantity production.

22/02/2023

One of our stores at Jetty35 潮人居 is featured in one of the episodes of the Penang Virtual Tour Series by Penang Global Tourism November 2022.
(https://fb.watch/hMFPg_LXDn/?mibextid=v7YzmG)

To all the local and international tourists out there, Root n Bark warmly welcomes you to Penang!

22/02/2023

Other than Indigo, we also produce and use natural dyes of other colours as you can see in our scrunchies! 😊
Our hand made scrunchies are sewn from natural fabric (Cotton, Silk and Linen). Our products are going to be sold online soon. Stayed tuned!

22/02/2023

At RnB, one of the our Indigo vats which is around 7 years old hasn't been worked on or touched due to the pandemic for 2 years. However, the microorganisms involved in the dye making process are still going strong indicated by the bubbles!

Even with vast amounts of scientific knowledge in the moder world, nature sometimes continues to elude and fascinate us.