Malaysian 🇲🇾 Paper Engineer

I stand by Palestine. Sail to Gaza. Break the siege. Stop the genocide.

This is humanity.

Day 2 of Selangor Creative Economy Expo. Tuanku tak singgah booth kita pun takpe lah. Dah dua kali dah VIP kata nak singgah, tak sampai pun, huhu... Anyway, no book sold KPI hit, but tons of tons of people meeting and lots of networking happening today!

Matt Made Studios and friends, signing off!

The Movable Book Society Conference is in full swing! Thank you for making it available virtually.

Day 1 of Selangor Creative Economy Expo. I didn't get to win the funding, but hey, I got to go on stage and did impromtu show-n-tell of what I can do. Not bad, now I just need someone to buy my book to hit the KPI #SCEE2025

Forgot to share this here lmao

My recent commission work! A popup food pyramid for ASD children. Commission is open!

I don't support AI art. I designed the popup and managed the production. #commission #paper

We're back on the market grind. This might be the last of the year. I'm selling my book and my old stocks of pop-up greeting cards at both events. Mark your calendars and come say hi!

I just did the best pitch deck ever, and Im proud of it. Not expecting to win, but man, if I had done this, I could have won during my residency. I AM A BUSINESSMAN

Excuse the title. Im still tweaking it, and this title slide is usually the last thing to do.

Every failure has a deeper context. Like, I turned down the brick and mortar concept even though I was the one who wanted it first. But cons weigh more than pros. And I've been seeing more success stories on my fyp that I'm starting to get jealous and comparing. So, I turn to wit.

I put the L (ěl) in celebrate (sĕl'ə-brãt).

A finished product starts with very ugly shapes.

Disclaimer: The client provided the graphics that are AI-generated. I do not stand with AI art, and this is not within my control, I'm being paid for the mechanism, and I need it to survive... sadly #paperengineer #popupcard #commission

Early this week, I had the opportunity to share my book and the art of paper engineer to kids at Sri Aria School in Bukit Jelutong.

I've learnt a lot of things from them and had so much fun.

Thank you to Ms. Fia, other teachers, and the students! #paperengineer

So excited to see two of my books in the wild! And in the Salt's Mill bookshop, one of my favourites! More details of the books on my website. #makingpaperautomata #paperengineering #PaperAutomata @thecrowoodpress @saltsmillofficial @hungrytomatouk www.robives.com/books/

This picture of me trying to make a promotional marketing of my book is hilarious because, it's a metaphor of me being in the spotlight but it's too bright and a little bit blur that I have no clue what I'm doing 'cept that I have a book published.

Honestly, real. I went to a public library and spotted a few popup books. All of the popups were damaged heavily. Hurts my heart so bad, but they are kids...

Omg the photo arrangement messed up. Im still new to this guys... millennial age showing.

Yello poppers! (Placeholder name for you fans) It is with great news that I finally can say I am a pop-up book publisher.

I have a new vision ahead for Matt Made Studios, and I hope you're following along. Here's to more popup books Made in Malaysia.

#paperengineer #bookauthor #smallbusiness

an illustration showing an Evangelion papercraft puppet

some long forgotten concept art from a pitch for Polygon

OH MY GOD. Finally finished the remaining book assembly and hand trim batches of the first edition, 60 books.

Now to the fulfiment team. Me, lol.

Fold, glue, fold, glue,
That's the rhythm of an assembling line of the paper engineer.

We're almost there to wrap up this project. In a months time, it would be a whole year working on this alone.

Papers by @rjpapermy
Printed by @gmw_creative_prints
#paperengineering #popupbooks

If you're interested, there's a pre-order form on my link:https://forms.gle/pixrNojKtjeQ24ho8 Expectancy delivery is TBC

The first edition of this self-published handmade pop up book is sold out! Thank you to approx. 30 buyers for supporting my project.Made this video for the Movable Book Society competition. Wish me all the best!

A lot has been happening in 6 months. The downside of this is that while everyone is asking me to get help, I am absolutely in no position to do so because of funding.

My undiagnosed ADHD brain goes brr. Still, grateful to be able to keep going. I wonder what will I achieve before the end of year..

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the talk has been cancelled. I will still be present at Sunda Shelves' booth if you'd like to talk about my book or the services that I offer as a Malaysian paper engineer.

I'll be there on Sunday 2pm onwards. See ya!
#MandiriPBAKL #SP2025 #PBAKL2025 #KLIBF2025

Who can guess what this impromtu card is for?

Hint: It's for a game.

Missed out my book launch presentation at Sunda Shelves ? Well, I'm bringing it along with me on the Pentas at #PBAKL2025 on June 1st, 2-3pm, moderate by Natrah Aziz !

A sample book will also be showcased at Sunda Shelves' booth. You can review and/or pre-order on the spot! See you guys there!

If you still want to get the book, you definitely can. Link in bio. Im grateful for the opportunities that came after the launch, so please reach out to me on workshops, talks of the art, and other collaterals that you'd like me to work on.

Big special thank you to Sunda Shelves for giving me a space and collaboration for the launch, pawteri for being a great moderator and helping me out with my presentation, and photogmok for photographing the scene.

There were so many things I forgot to mention, so maybe I'll do a breakdown post of it when my energy level is back to normal.

Full house! Thank you to everyone who showed up, couldn't show up for personal reasons, and spiritually there in person, for spending your Sunday afternoon with the person who yaps a lot about paper.

So inspired by @mattmadestudios.bsky.social and all the meticulous thought that went into the creation of his pop-up book 💚