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Our Jowo Spotify playlist.
Curious to know more about lurik fabric? There’s a great overview here.
Films set in Java on Netflix: Joko Anwar’s suspense/thriller movies like Forbidden Door or Ritual are a great watch, also The Street Food: Asia episode set in Jogja all about gudeg.
A great essay on tea and medieval Indonesia on Medium.
The incredible singer Peni Candra Rini :

Elami Productions designs and produces events in Bali, Indonesia

Elami Productions creates and designs events in Bali. Producers of Ubud Open Studios and TEDxUbud.

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Fun with Polaroids as we redo our team photo. 📸 #elamiandco

Snakes and Ladders rainbow! We've done so many colors over the past year. Which one was your favorite?

We love visiting the @threadsoflifebali dye studio and stumbling across their newest project. This time it was experiments in dyeing paper pulp.

A detail from @madegriyawan’s hand-painted #SnakesandLadders game. BTW he has an exhibition happening right now if you’d like to see what’s he’s been creating recently. Head to his Instagram for more details 🧡

We have a few totes left. Each comes with dice and tokens so you will never be without a game in case of emergency! 😜 DM us or Whatsapp to order.

If you’re just joining us- good luck on winning the @pukucamper giveaway! 🚐 our Snakes and Ladders game is proudly an all Bali product, from the illustrations and story by @mayakerthyasa to all the different makers who have helped bring it to

We’ve been working with @kajimundo to create an even more sustainable version of our #SnakesandLadders. Indigo natural dye screenprint on certified organic cotton canvas. Can’t wait to show you!

The light at the end of the tunnel? No, it’s just @daniela_burr through one of our Snakes & Ladders boxes.

Botanical monoprints on recycled paper, hand-bound into notebooks.

"I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me."⁠
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Virginia Woolf⁠
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(P.S. if you're looking for your next favourite journal or notebook we have some you might like at elami.shop...)

Happy Independence Day, Indonesia! 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

Natural dye 🎨 you should have heard us squeaking when these samples arrived. Incredible work from the @threadsoflifebali studio. That black is insane.

In the midst of doom and gloom, we've been so lucky to have a new member join our team. When everything in Bali seemed stuck, Rully (@rumantra) came along to teach us about plant parenting (@thousandsbloom), a favorite odds-and-ends store (zips to fe

Both 2020 and 2021 have been full of journeys cut short, and projects that slipped away. These gorgeous handprinted fans are part of that arc. Created for a special event that couldn't come to fruition. But they were beautiful...

Spotted at @manaubud: a likeness of Earth Company #ImpactHero Arief Rabik of the @bamboo_foundation

Novi from @CintaBumiArtisans is a botanic alchemist, creating magic with natural dyes, barkcloth and botanicals. ⁠
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"I would like to encourage artists, designers, basically everyone, to know that Indonesia’s textile traditions include mor

“Envy those who see beauty in everything in the world.”⁠
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Egon Schiele

"To be a good curator you have to be part-composer, part-mad scientist and above all be a relentless collector of people, ideas and things."⁠
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Summa Durie⁠
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We interviewed @Summa_ for our #GetttoKnow series and asked her what tips she wou

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“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.” ⁠
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Emily Dickinson

"This vibrant facilitator dream started with our being tired of really bad meetings. Also, many meetings only give opportunities to certain people to talk. They cast out introverts. What we do is to shine a light on them but not in a way that fo