Malaysian 🇲🇾 Paper Engineer
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mattmadestudios.bsky.social
Malaysian 🇲🇾 Paper Engineer
@mattmadestudios.bsky.social
Made in Malaysia
He/Him, products are sold on Shopee and Ko-Fi!
(KT0568303-D)
📧 mattmadestudios@gmail.com
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Yello @bsky.app ! I'm Matthew Lee, a paper engineer based in Malaysia. I focuses on pop-up greeting cards and educational pop-up books! I offer products, workshops, and customise services. Pre-order my first self-published pop up book of Endangered Wildlife in Malaysia now! #portfolioday
20 cards to send all over the world! This is the easiest card assembly, and I somehow manage to screw up the last glueing part, hahaha.

Art by minnim.art on IG #popupcard #christmas #itstime
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Overhours is a satirical action-tower defense game set in a fictional agency facing an invasion of soul-eating monsters. Work the night owl shift and face the hordes with a variety of traps and special abilities!

Wishlist Overhours now! Merry early Christmas @ctrldstudio.bsky.social ! #notanad
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Hapi burthaye me!
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Here's a thread on how a popup book is assembled! Based on my experience as a self-published and hand-assembled popup book author:
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
We're live! Day 18: assembling my self-published popup book www.twitch.tv/mattmadestud...
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Day 18: assembling my self-published popup book
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November 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Day 16: working on my art business. New streaming schedule!

Today we'll continue working on the assembly line of my book and 300 cards.

www.twitch.tv/mattmadestud...
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Day 16: working on my art business. New streaming schedule!
www.twitch.tv
October 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Day 15: working on my art business. New streaming schedule!

www.twitch.tv/mattmadestud...
mattmadestudios - Twitch
Day 15: working on my art business. New streaming schedule!
www.twitch.tv
October 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"Jane had said that hope was a survival trait, and now I was starting to understand why. When we face adversity, it is hope that gives us the confidence to rally our indomitable spirit to overcome it." - Douglas Abrams, The Book of Hope

#hope #janegoodall #thebookofhope
October 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I stand by Palestine. Sail to Gaza. Break the siege. Stop the genocide.

This is humanity.
October 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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!
September 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The Movable Book Society Conference is in full swing! Thank you for making it available virtually.
September 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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
September 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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
September 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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!
September 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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.
September 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I put the L (ěl) in celebrate (sĕl'ə-brãt).
September 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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
September 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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
July 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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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/
July 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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.
July 12, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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...
July 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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
July 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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some long forgotten concept art from a pitch for Polygon
April 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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.
June 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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
June 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM