Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Around the World Mail Art for Naomi

The mail art has finally reached its destination - Naomi in United Kingdom. I stitched a traditional motif on 28ct jobelan using Anchor multicolour floss. The pattern is an adaptation from one of 'songket' motifs.

Songket - a handwoven cloth made from gold/silver and silk/cotton threads, usually worn to certain ceremonial functions. This fabric is also popular for the Malay traditional wedding attire (bride & groom). It is a bit uncertain of the origin of 'songket' but it has been a treasured textile throughout the Malay archipelago since many centuries ago. Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia are 'sharing' this Malay heritage & art of weaving and have been producing 'songket' with distinctive motifs ever since.

The postage stamps are from '
Visit Malaysia Year 2007' commemorative stamp series.

The background fabric in the above picture is a '
sampin songket' from my dear hubby's personal collection. 'Sampin songket' is an additional sarong-like cloth to Malay men's traditional attire.

The inside envelope is fully-lined with 'batik' fabric and I also 'showed off' the same fabric on the back of the envelope. I stitched my address on a small piece of jobelan before attaching it onto the flap of the envelope. I used a black velcro strip for the closure and embellished with 'vintage looking' buttons.





* Around the World Mail Art Exchange - we were required to stitch something about the place where are we from or where we live

3 comments:

Charlene said...

Love the MA, Zalita. So unique. Naomi must be proud to received it.

z_mnor said...

Thank you Lene. I kind of missing your MA creations. It has been a long time since your last MA exchange. Hope to see more your 'signature style' MAs

Lana said...

Wow! That is beautiful!
~Lana~