She made gods for 70 years: meet the matriarch of Singapore’s last handcrafted Taoist deity producer
In Singapore, small versions of this goddess are birthed each week at Say Tian Hng, the city state’s only surviving Taoist idol workshop. Its family of artisans hand carve a variety of deities from blocks of camphor wood before embellishing them with paint. Ng Yeow Hua colouring the lips of a golden statue of Guanyin. … Read more
