this is my blog of art . a dying tradition . my life
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
tua pek gong
on the left is a statue of "tua pek gong". its about 12 inches in height and it is made of wood. as seen in the pictures, the owner wants me to give the statue a complete makeover.
born 21st feb 1979..started learning this skill from age 9 due to interest and family's gene.my grandfather is from china and while he was young, he was invited to hongkong to build the 1st haw par villa. over there, he met my grandma and gave birth to my dad so my dad is a hongkie. then both of them were invited to singapore to build the used to be famous haw pa villa at pasir panjang and my dad met my mum in s'pore then here i am. i'm the 6th generation in the KWOK family doing this arts.so i hope that i can bring more people of younger generation to know more about this very very special art.so,,feel free to contact me at 81131360 for anything to deal with arts...
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