Terengganu Trip- Day 3.1: Senikayu Warisan

 Arriving at the last day of the trip, we first went to a seemingly small shop called Senikayu Warisan.

Encik Burhan Ashari, the founder, started off the tour by introducing us to his story, which is surprisingly enough not related to woodcarving at all. En. Burhan was an engineer who found passion in woodcarving, and so decided to pursue knowledge and practice of the skill through tutorials, traveling, and self-teaching.

Some young men were working on handcarved pieces at the front of house area, where we were lucky enough to catch some of the process in action.

En. Burhan then lead us to the back of the estate, where a spacious workshop was located.

Many handcrafted pieces were on display, alongside the large collection of yet-to-be-used raw timber, and the pieces being worked on as we were touring the place. We were told of En. Burhan's vision of reintroducing the trade and the skills to the younger generations, who can help keep it alive, or even lend it more life than it currently has. 

The innovation of En. Burhan and his workshop is the fact he integrated his passion and hobbies into the context of lack of existing wood artists and artistry, and so his works help revive the skills, along with being one of the most recognizable names in the field currently. This is combining love for the skill with the practicality of it.

We were lastly given a closing speech by En. Burhan at the shop, where some students were able to snag some souvenirs.