“It has been seventy years!”, Mr Mah Jun Chew (transliteration), the second generation owner of Sang Cheong Tailor, exclaims while using one hand to signal five and the other signalling two. Since young, he helps his father as well as picking up the trade of tailoring, seventy years passed in the blink of an eye. Sang Cheong Tailor is located in a pre-war building with...
Category: Traditional Trades
Original field stories about Malaysian craftspeople, family businesses, workshops, and traditional skills that continue across generations.
Fwu Chang Wood Carving
Creating each etch with a chisel and each stroke with a scalpel, making sequential progress in imprinting the character onto the signboard, feeling the unique charm out of applying different carving methods, it requires substantial prowess, passion, and persistence. Founded in 1936, Fwu Chang wood carving enables people to approach its exquisite carving skills and perpetual artistic values. Moreover, traditional signboards, which the shop mainly...
Repair and Restoration Smith of Religious Statues
Fine feathers make fine birds. Located in the ancient town of Melaka, Chop Hock Seng not only sells a wide range of religious statues, the second generation owner could also be seen employing various tools and repairing religious statues attentively. He —— Mr Ong You Huat (transliteration), is a repair and restoration smith of religious statues, which is a practice rarely found locally. To repair...
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