Indigo Thread
Our craft
Slow is the point.
Since 2019
A studio in KL, a village in Kelantan.
Indigo Thread began when designer Nadia Rahman spent a summer with batik artists in Kota Bharu and couldn't stop thinking about their hands.
Today we work with eleven artisans, pay above market rate for every metre, and cut each batch in our studio at The Row.
From one summer to eleven artisans
1
2019
A summer in Kota Bharu
Nadia meets Kak Ros and learns to hold a canting.
2
2020
The first ten shirts
Sold out in a weekend at a Bangsar pop-up.
3
2022
Studio at The Row
A cutting table, two sewing machines and a lot of indigo.
4
2024
Eleven artisans
Fair, steady work for a village of batik makers.
5
2026
The Indigo Edit
Our biggest collection yet — still drawn by hand.
Indigo Thread
Hand-drawn batik, cut for now. Made in small batches with artisans in Kelantan.
© 2026 Indigo Thread Sdn Bhd
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