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    Material Girl

    Mar 20, 2018 4 minutes
    Text / Christopher DeWolf

    Elaine Ng Yan Ling is a self-described ‘material girl’, but the British-born, Hong Kong-based textile designer is by no means materialistic. ‘How do we humanise it?’ is the question she asks herself when embarking on a project.

    And there have been many projects. Sitting in her Kwai Chung studio on a bright Tuesday morning, Ng is surrounded by batik-printed stools, shimmering cushions and rolls of leather. A couple of workers are weaving on a hand-operated electronic jacquard loom in the back of the space. ‘We have two looms in the back and a third one coming,’ she

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