Today I will share with you photos of the profession of a man who makes household items out of metal. This shop is located near to the street where I grew up in Melaka. It is on this old street (Tofu Street is what the locals call this street) that one can find many old professions such as this man's. Not many young people wants to learn such old trade anymore.
All these items are hand-made by the above man. Isn't it great that he can still craft out things like the letter boxes or even the red and gold lamps?
Pail, pot, bucket and barbecue pit are also available.
This is my posting for That's My World Tuesday's meme.
7 comments:
I think the craft will not disappear — it just might get very expensive because the artisans will be very few.
enjoyed the post...the older generation has far more patience than the younger and such trades would be "boring" to younger.
have a great week!
Very interesting. I love the buckets!
nice series of street photos!
regarding your question: CPL stands for circular polarizer. Some prosumer cameras have filter threads on their lenses, some do not. you can always but an adapter tube.
yup its nice time to shoot waterfalls now. in fact im trekking to Mt. Romelo again this Aug 1 and 2 :)
Lovely. Oh I remember we used to have these metal pails where my mom soak clothes in them in hot water. And then when almost cool, we would step on the clothes to wash it...lol. That's when I was a child.
Thanks all for your feedback on this posting.
Hi Lantaw,
I have filter threads (thx for telling the name of this thing) on my camera. Will read more on CPL and find out how it works. Thanks. Hope you have a great outing. Love your waterfall photos!
Hi Alice,
You description of stepping on the clothes to wash them reminds me of the way Koreans do their laundry in the Korean drama series on tv.
Hi JC,
Wow, surprise that this tinsmith is keeping his profession alive. How I wish he can make a coffee pot and watering jug for me to paint. Jc, do you've the address of this shop?
Thank you,
Bye,
Juneartstudio
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