"Allow me to introduce myself, Susi Johnston, the Chief Textilian of Macan Tidur, and also the editor and writer for this site. I will be occasionally posting textile-related news here, as well as news about Macan Tidur Textiles."

That's me in the photo, which was taken a couple of years ago at the Brussels Oriental Art Fair (BOAF). I was haphazardly draped in some rather nice batiks. Ordinarily I treat textiles better than this, but the photographer wanted me to appear intimately involved in the material I was showing, so I had to oblige."