Joss sticks in Ang Mo Kio Industrial

I went to the Joss stick maker - Tay Guan Heng. He specializes in hand-crafted figurines and artworks. All the figurines and joss sticks are made with natual wood powder. He also gives workshops, talks and demonstrations. He also does art workshops for children's parties.
His details: Tel: 6454 1252 Singapore. Or handphone: 9617 5918 Singapore. The address: Blk 4001 Ang Mo Kio Ind. PK 1 #01-25 Singapore. He is open from Monday to Saturday: 9:30am - 6pm.

He makes the small joss sticks one sees people use when they pray in the temples. They use 3 joss sticks at a time to communicate to their god. He also makes the very big joss sticks which get burnt at funerals and I have seen them being burnt at Chinese New Year too.

This guy is busy spraypainting the big joss sticks.

The figurines are beautiful.

It is a very nice clay medium to use. Feels pleasant on ones fingers, shapes easy and gets to be air dried. He got us all to make a hand. By the time I got back home a couple of hours later, my hand was dry, but got a bit broken. I bought the wood powder, so I can either fix the hand, except 2 tiny fingers also broke off, or I can make a new hand.

Some interesting sites: http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?/topic/9805-historical-origin-of-joss-sticks-and-incense/ 

http://markkay.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/why-the-chinese-pray-with-joss-sticks/