Make and take a brick home from the Tukang Festival in PJ


Cheng will be introducing her new experimental public sculpture project at the Tukang Festival this weekend at The Spine in Petaling Jaya. Photo: The Star/Daryl Goh

Award-winning artist Cheng Yen Pheng invites you to get your hands dirty and join her in handcrafting bricks, which you can also take home. Syiborisyd and Aruznadi are ready to introduce the art of making natural dyes from food scraps in their workshop. Meanwhile, the Parti Design Awangan duo will demonstrate how traditional wooden Malay architecture can be updated for contemporary times.

These artists and craftspeople are part of the Tukang Festival, which returns for its second edition at The Spine in Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya this weekend.

Get 20% OFF The Star Digital Access

Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 11.12/month

Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 9.87/month

Billed as RM 118.40 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel for breaking news alerts and key updates!

Next In Culture

Umar Sharif’s debut solo takes a comb to hair, identity and school rules
Van Gogh’s masterpieces reunited for the first time in 40 years
Malaysian artist explores knowledge at its roots, revealing the humanity within
Malaysian artist-illustrator creates fantastical feline worlds in 'Catopia'
Finas safeguards the nation’s visual heritage through the revival of archives
Burst of genius: Jack Kerouac’s ‘On The Road’ scroll and its wild afterlife
An anthology of 15 notebooks traces the fleeting moments of Malaysian life
'The Story Of Studio Ghibli' exhibition to make world premiere in Singapore
Salman Rushdie will receive a US National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement
Bayeux mania peaks as 1,000-year-old tapestry exhibition opens in London

Others Also Read