Some of the products made by Mazlan at his workshop in Taiping.
ONCE a proud symbol of culture and craftsmanship, the Malay traditional ceramics business is now often described as a “sunset industry”.
Perak Ceramic Art Association (Persera) chairman Mohd Shukri Hashim said that at its peak, artisans could earn up to RM40,000 a month in the 1980s and 1990s.
