PETALING JAYA: Rozilah Abdul Rahman has been working with her hands for as long as she can remember.
As a secondary school student, she made simple handmade items – home décor from wooden clothes pegs and photo frames fashioned from cardboard, fabric and lace. She sold these to friends and neighbours to earn pocket money, an early sign of a creative path that would later become her livelihood.
Years on, that childhood interest grew into a home-based business called Dunia Seni Republik, where Rozilah creates and sells a wide range of handcrafted items made using batik and songket.