There is a fishing village called "Kuala Sepetang" in the northern part of Perak, Malaysia, surrounded by mangrove forests. A large mangrove forest gave birth to the natural ecological characteristics, delicious and fresh seafood and cultural industry charcoal kiln.
A long time ago, fishermen used mangrove bark to dye cloth and fishing nets, but this traditional approach has been disappeared for quite sometime.
In 2015, we used mangrove bark to experience cloth dyeing with the theme "Big Hands and Small Hands, as part of the activity in the "Mangrove parent-child camp" and "Seeing Kuala Sepetang through the lens" ecological camp. We tried different method such as the Japanese tie-dye method and through the process of continuous learning, we were fortunate enough to go to Taiwan to learn the natural way of dyeing.
Our team hopes to pass on the knowledge of mangrove bark dye to the children so that they have the opportunity to understand the importance of mangrove trees and learned how to use of mangrove bark to dye cloth as well as the art of patterning cloth.