THE sun is just rising as Abdullah rushes to the back of his house. There, dexterously the 37-year-old man selects the goose feathers piling up in a big pan. After the pan is full, he puts the beautiful feathers to dry.

Such is the routine of the man who lives in the crowded village of Ngijo, Karangploso district, Malang, East Java. He has pioneered the handicraft of making butterflies out of goose feathers. Initially, he utilized used shuttleco