Hey 👋🏻 all, SiennyLovesDrawing would like to share that her home country ~ Malaysia 🇲🇾 was once a leading producer of tin
Royal Selangor in Malaysia is the largest pewter factory in the world 🌎 Nowadays, its raw materials are imported. It deals not only in pewter, it also through its subsidiaries ie. Comyns brand hallmarked sterling silver 🤍 & Selberan brand 18K gold 💛 jeweller
So, here a brief history of Royal Selangor. In 1885, a young pewter smith named Yong Koon arrived in Malaya from the Chinese port of Shantou, armed with little more than a set of tools & a determination to succeed. Today, Yong Koon’s humble enterprise is Royal Selangor, the world’s 🌎 foremost name in quality pewter. Shoppers can also shop in the comfort of Royal Selangor’s retail store with its endless array of homeware & gifts 🎁
She has recently visited Royal Selangor for the 1️⃣st time & gonna sharing about her visiting experience here 😃😁
It’s 🆓 admission & on arrival each visitors will be assigned with a personal guide (With preferred languages of Chinese, English or Japanese-speaking) on group basis to take each to visit through the exhibits & then explaining the history & development of pewterware
1️⃣st, must OOTDs 📸📹🤳🏻 with the world’s 🌎 largest pewter tankard 🤍🍺 at its main entrance. It’s being recognised by the Guinness Book of Records 📖👍🏻
It was made by Royal Selangor in 1985 to commemorate its centenary. It’s 1.987m tall, weighs 1,557kg & has a capacity of 2,796 litres. This giant tankard has travelled around the world 🌎 to places eg. Canada 🇨🇦, Australia 🇦🇺, Singapore 🇸🇬 & China 🇨🇳
Then, enjoyed a guided short tour to learn the pewter history, pewter collection, gallery, factory & visitor centre. It’s a go-to place to experience pewter, both as a beautiful piece to be admired & as a craft. It pays tribute to the Royal Selangor heritage & houses some very precious & intriguing pewter pieces, including a scale model & photo of 1️⃣ of the huge tin dredges which used to be commonplace in Malaysia, wow 😲🤩
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻😁 really enjoyed her recent 1️⃣st visit to learn so much about the history of pewter, observing with her own eyes the skilled artisans at work, impressive 💯👍🏻
The artisans are mostly women, some of whom have been working for more than 40 years & manually performing the most skilled processes. It requires a steady hand ✋🏻, good co-ordination & a keen eye 👀 for details
Ohh ya…She even tried with her own hands to knock knock to making her own pewter bowl ⚪🥣 at The School Of Hard Knocks, wow 😲
Amazing pewter smithing great 👍🏻 learning experience gained by using the traditional techniques of hammering & molding pewter with the use of age-old tools & equipment ⚒️⚪🥣
It’s a 30mins pewter smith workshop caters 4️⃣ years old & above which armed with a pewter smith’s traditional tools ie. A hammer 🔨 & a wooden mold, each registered visitor will then craft a pewter bowl ⚪🥣 under an instructor’s guidance from a flat disk of metal engraved & lastly receive a personalized certificate of completion ✅💯👍🏻
Firstly, each will engrave own name or initials into the underside of the flat disk. Then, armed only with a wooden mallet & a wooden block with a bowl-shaped depression in it, slowly pound away on the disk until it acquires the shape of a bowl ⚪🥣
At the end of the workshop, do pack your handmade bowl ⚪🥣 into a smart box & carrier bag, together with the apron that being used during the workshop
Visitors can also opt for The Foundry workshop to craft very own pewter accessory available for 15 years old & above. Suggest to register online in advance for these workshops prior visit to avoid disappointment then
There’s a café 🍽️☕ within the centre that serving a fine selection of cakes 🍰, sandwiches 🥪 & pastas 🍝 that overlooking a garden if visitors prefer to enjoy a refreshments before or after visit here
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻💯👍🏻 highly recommend all to include in trip itinerary to pay a visit to Royal Selangor & participate this pewter smith workshop ⚒️⚪🥣 whenever you’re in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 🇲🇾
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