To run a needle through a frayed piece of fabric is an inherently slow act. It demands patience, precision, and a willingness to look closely at what others might simply discard. For the past thirteen years, Fahmy and Erliana of FIN Crafted Goods have built a design practice entirely around this deliberate pace.
Today, FIN is a respected studio consulting for global brands, but its foundation was built on an unglamorous, physical endurance. Leaving their traditional careers to pursue textile repair in Singapore required navigating a landscape that often prioritizes speed and economic return over slow, manual craft.
“We are not a society that embraces risks of failure,” they note. “Being creative requires you to embrace failure on a daily basis, and every time you make something and put it out into the world to be judged and valued, you make yourself extremely vulnerable. To convince someone to buy something you physically made takes immense courage. Anyone can start a business, but not everyone can keep it going for five, ten, twenty years.”
"Being creative requires you to embrace failure on a daily basis..."
What sustained the studio through its most difficult years was an uncompromising adherence to a specific ideology. Drawing from the Japanese principles of boro—the historical mending of textiles—and mottainai, a deep regret over waste, FIN operates in direct opposition to a culture of disposable consumption. For Fahmy and Erliana, this is not a brand aesthetic. It is an extension of how they exist in the world.
“People can tell when you’re honest and true to your ethos through the work that you do,” they explain. “The work we do is a slow process of telling a story behind every item you make, and your story has to be compelling and all-encompassing. The way you live, the way you love—people or things, it shows. You cannot say one thing and do another. And this zero-waste ideology translates to every essence of your life. It’s being respectful of your resources and responsibility as a living, breathing, human being who is the custodian of the world that you occupy.”
"The way you live, the way you love—people or things, it shows. You cannot say one thing and do another."
This philosophy of care extends directly to the people who handle their goods. Rejecting the cold, transactional nature of modern retail, FIN prioritizes physical connection. “We are in the business of making things with our hands, so of course we have to operate in accordance with that,” they share. “When you part with your money to support what we just created yesterday, how can we not make a connection with you? If human connection is not important, then what is?”
After over a decade of restoring garments and collaborating on apparel, FIN is now translating their intricate patchwork into the home. They are applying their techniques and repurposed textiles to homewares, creating pieces with the structural integrity to age gracefully within a living space.
The expansion was an organic response to their community. “We watched our customers evolve through different stages of their lives, and we simply wanted to be a part of it,” they note. Yet, their internal gauge for quality remains ruthless: “We always ask ourselves the same question—would I want this in my own home? If the answer is no, it’s back to the drawing board.”
This focus on domestic permanence makes their upcoming pop-up at Journey East a highly logical pairing. A stitched table runner cut from repurposed deadstock and a dining table shaped from century-old solid timber are bound by the same principles. Both possess a physical weight. Both carry the visible geometry of their past lives. And both require a custodian who understands that genuine character cannot be manufactured in a hurry.
“I see our reused materials in the same light as how the wooden furniture has been refurbished and given a new life,” Fahmy observes.
This month, FIN Crafted Goods brings their practice to the showroom floor. Featuring fresh apparel alongside their new home textiles, it is an invitation to observe the structural beauty of a well-crafted mend, and to experience how repurposed materials ground a space.
FIN Crafted Goods Pop-Up at Journey East
Featuring: Fresh apparel drops, cushion covers, table runners, and upcycled textiles.
Venue: Journey East, 315 Outram Road, Tan Boon Liat, #03-02
Date: Saturday & Sunday, 13 — 14 June 2026, 12pm to 5pm
Admission is free.
Exclusive 10-piece jacket capsule is sold on a strict first-come, first-served basis.