Sharon de Lyster

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Sharon de Lyster is the founder of design studio Narrative Made and a color and trend forecaster. Building on her experience and knowledge in Asian heritage textiles, ethical production and journalism, de Lyster is known for her sophisticated and stylistic approach in bringing artisanship to the international stage. Passionate in empowering the marginalized and underprivileged groups, she initiates social inclusion and capacity building projects through textile making across Asia.

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Born and raised in Hong Kong, Sharon de Lyster is the founder of design studio Narrative Made and a color and trend forecaster. Building on her experience and knowledge in Asian heritage textiles, ethical production and journalism, de Lyster is known for her sophisticated and stylistic approach in bringing artisanship to the international stage. Passionate in empowering the marginalized and underprivileged groups, she initiates social inclusion and capacity building projects through textile making across Asia.

narrativemade.com
instagram.com/narrative.made

Featured work

Preserving Asian heritage crafts

To celebrate the cultural diversity in Asia, Sharon de Lyster’s latest work The Textile Atlas aims to preserve a record of disappearing Asian crafts with their reflected cultural stories, and provide a resource platform for both the commercial industry and academia. Other exhibits are pieces from her label Narrative Made, including handwoven, hand-pleated garments from the Miao tribe in China, hand-drawn batik from Indonesia, lambswool woven pieces from Northern India, hand-quilted and natural dyed fabric from Bangladesh. These garments are featured alongside the traditional tools that created them and the rich cultural stories behind each craft. The motifs, hand stitches, weaving techniques and natural dyes are showcased to bring forth the unshakable ethnic identities of the artisans.

Where East & West, Tradition & Innovation, Craftsmanship & Technology Synergise.

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