Besut, Terengganu · Malaysia
BAKAWALI
Warisan Yang Diteruskan.
A Legacy Continued.
Traditional craftsmanship, Malay heritage and contemporary creation — preserving stories, knowledge and artistry for generations to come.
A heritage house in continuity
Knowledge from one lifetime,
carried by many hands.
Bakawali is the shared home of three connected practices and a growing cultural archive. Each holds a different responsibility; together they continue one coherent story.
Our world
Three practices.
One inheritance.
Craft, preservation and production sustain one another — giving traditional knowledge an active place in the present.
The Art of Wood
Seni Ukir
Bakawali
Traditional Malay woodcarving, architectural craftsmanship and bespoke work.
Explore Seni Ukir ↗ 02The Art of Cloth & Gold
Telepuk
Legacy
Preserving, teaching and documenting the Malay art of gilded textile.
Discover Telepuk ↗ 03The Making
Tunjang
Bakawali
Production, product development and the craft behind every considered object.
Discover Tunjang ↗
The foundation
A lifetime dedicated to Malay craftsmanship.
His work remains present wherever knowledge is studied, practised and passed forward.
Artist, master woodcarver, researcher and teacher. Norhaiza Noordin’s legacy is the cultural and intellectual foundation from which Bakawali continues.
Discover His LegacySelected works
Made with memory.
Made to endure.
Craftsmanship
Observation.
Material.
Hand.
Every Bakawali practice begins by understanding source, context and purpose. The result is not heritage used as decoration, but knowledge made visible through disciplined work.
- 01Study the source
History, motif, use and cultural meaning.
- 02Draw and prepare
Proportion, material and method are resolved.
- 03Make with care
The hand gives precision its human character.
- 04Document and continue
Knowledge remains available to the future.
Telepuk Knowledge Hub
Cloth touched
with gold.
Discover the history, materials, motif language and careful process of a Malay textile tradition that changes as light moves across it.
Begin with TelepukArchive & collections
A record that
can keep growing.
Collections connect objects to their stories, materials, provenance and the people who carried their knowledge.
Programmes
Meet the work
in public.
Visit · Commission · Collaborate
Bring an idea into conversation.
Speak with Bakawali about commissions, cultural programmes, workshops, production, research or the archive.