LAND OF THE EARTHQUAKE that hit BECOME A charming CRAFT

Loro Blonyo Kasongan, storefront ALL BEAUTY .... About six years ago, I was hunting a display into a big store in Yogya, and found a pair of clay sculpture is very beautiful. The statue was wearing a pair of Java, in a squatting position. Anatomy of the tapering body, and bright colors. I immediately fell in love, and think that this statue must be handmade topnotch artists. Although somewhat expensive, the statue I Boyong home (of course after paying ... hehe) and I put in front stairs into the house. It fits perfectly as a 'greeter guests' who come to my house. A few weeks later, I look for flower pots into Kasongan, contained pottery industry center in Bantul. Kasongan can be achieved approximately 10 minutes drive from Corner Beteng Kulon, which is one corner of the Kraton Yogyakarta (please see: Visit the Palace Yuuk ...). And, Olala ... I was amazed to see Kasongan already very much changed from the existing Kasongan in my memory. In the past, some twenty years ago, pottery products Kasongan just a pot, pot, stove, cool, jars, piggy bank, and other traditional products, with only burned just finishing. Now, woooww .... all craft products can be found there. From traditional-ethnic, until the modern-artistic. From that made clay, until the use of stone, wood, rattan, coconut coir, egg shells, feathers, and various other materials. In Kasongan Anyway, I found dozens, even hundreds of male and female pair of statues such as Java, which I bought with expensive price at the store. The statue is called "Loro Blonyo". Here, the price can be just half the price in a store.



Loro Blonyo various sizes. The great height can be up to one meter. Small, size 20 cm, can be placed on the table.

Apart from Loro Blonyo, which is a stylization or a symbol of conjugal harmony, variations in pottery products Kasongan very much. Pots and a variety of different sizes. place lamps, urns, vases, even tables and benches for the patio. To be durable pots, not quickly faded and moldy, you should not directly enter the soil and plants into the pot, but coat the inside with plastic pots. Because the pots are made of porous clay, then if directly associated with moist soil, will be easy to mold.

There are pottery products made ​​from white clay, the result is more subtle and beautiful. Finishing with glasuur or paint dof give a different impression, but equally impressive. Some products in the form of lamp holder and jar with calligraphy and beautiful flowers can be achieved in various attractive designs.



Vases, urns and lamp holder. Vases and lamp holder of Kasongan widely used as a complementary interior-star hotels.

Jars with calligraphic verses of the Qur'an and flower arrangements

If you have a taste of modern, minimalist, and exotic, you can indulge your taste in Kasongan. A variety of ceramic products with modern designs and artistic fisinshing will definitely make us cry "whoooaa ...". Urns and lamp holder uses paint to finish, so bring a luxurious feel, sheen, and cosmopolitan.



Jars of red and white is really 'wow' for your modern home



Structuring a red light and a beautiful flower motif of this can be an inspiration in designing the interior of our house



In a blend of black and white, the jars on top of not less interesting. Each design is made only one fruit, so that it becomes an exclusive collection.

Stone is also a material that can be processed into a variety of beautiful goods. Making a statue is one of the skills of our ancestors, that legacy can be found at archaeological sites. In Kasongan we can also find many statues, like the Buddha's head, full of statues of Buddha, stupas, and various other forms.



This Buddha head taller than three feet, maybe a special order.




When the earthquake rocked Yogyakarta on May 27, 2006, Kasongan village devastated. Most shops and place of manufacture of pottery collapsed and severely damaged. Thousands of products are ready for the market crumbled into rubble. Huge material loss, and grief of the craftsmen and entrepreneurs really deep. But two years later, when I did a photo shoot in late May 2008, almost all the buildings are standing back. Many have actually come up with new and comely face, artistic, and beamed.



The red color that dominates the main attraction of this building alone is enough 'eye cacthing'



With exposed brick and stone, this gallery looks natural and natural, blend with natural surroundings



The combination of modern style and exposed natural stone is green to make the building has its own peculiarities

You want to decorate the house with beautiful crafts from Kasongan-craft, but may be puzzled how to bring it (especially if you come from out of town to get on a plane). Do not worry. In Kasongan there are several courier services, which will arrange transport of your goods to arrive at home. You can just select the course (which according to taste), pay (in accordance bag), and go home without a hassle. Patio benches, urns, and many beautiful pots of your choice will arrive home a few days later, or even your own before arriving home.


Welcome to the Tourism Village Kasongan

Shell EGG CRAFT LEATHER

Ever imagined a hard eggshell waste can be transformed into beautiful items of art worth? In the hands of a retired civil servant HM Sragen government Muslich eggshell can be empowered to become a beautiful souvenir as wide a way as window dressing.The initial idea to his souvenir business was started in 2002. Undergoing routine as retirees who are not many activities made him feel tired. In an inspired day of the event on TV that show egg craft, he took the initiative to try to start the creative with eggshell. The materials used are all kinds of eggshells. From chicken egg shell, duck eggs, quail eggs to chicken eggs village. Each egg has its own distinctive self.Not easy to start this business. But the father of three children principled if there is a will there is ability. "About two months I tried trial and error, until at last I found proper techniques to treat waste this egg" he said.Diverse eggshell can be made crafts of painting, calligraphy, wedding as well as the mosaic inscription on the jar or ceramic. Eggshell fragments assembled in such a way and mounted on the existing media. Eggshell fragments with making souvenirs with color originality of this material can appear beautiful and attractive. Although a self, a man whose 62-year-old is able to make any orders which have started one day to five days. Do not worry about this souvenir will be decayed or damaged, because the upper surface of the calligraphy and inscriptions that have been sprayed with a protective preservative.

  "Shells of eggs in the form of calligraphy that contains the sentence tarbiyah I offer to friends in IPHI (Association of Fraternity Haji Indonesia) Sragen," he said this souvenir marketing. In addition, this souvenir he had sent to various areas outside cities, including Jakarta, Bogor, Klaten and Semarang. In addition, he also offers this gift to the various hotels and restaurants as a garnish or recalled memories to the guests.Currently, her work has been dipampang in Tecnopark Sasana Ganesha Sukowati Sragen, along with the creation of other souvenirs. In addition there is a showroom which is located at Kampung Baru dam kedawung house Jl. 7-kedawung Sragen Sragen Km.

CRAFT cocoons spun by silkworms

Silkworm cocoons, in addition to be used as raw material for silk fabrics, it also can be processed into various crafts that have a high sales value. In addition to a golden color, the shape of this craft is also quite unique and distinctive.Handicraft products made of natural silk cocoons, is now increasingly interested public. The potential market that has not been worked out, starting ogled crafters in the city of Denpasar.Craft silkworm cocoons, Putu Suandewi, recently, said the raw material of this craft is a natural silkworm cocoons, in contrast with the raw material of silk using silk cocoons Farmed.He added, silkworm cocoons of this nature, has a distinctive color and shape so it is more interesting when used as raw material for handicraft products.Various women's accessories such as brooches, earrings, necklaces, lamp shades, tissue boxes, bags, sandals and others have produced. According Suandewi, in pursue this craft, initially capitalize 3 kg of silkworm cocoons.But now in a month, it takes up to 100 kg of raw materials which are generally imported from Java. ''The most a lot of Central Java and East Java, "he explained. In the rainy season, Suandewi confess, some difficulty collecting raw materials due to natural cocoons washed away by rain.Now the average company turnover reached USD 30 million - USD 40 million a month. Although only meet the local market, it claimed to fulfill the orders that come overwhelmed. ''Most orders come from suppliers accessory outlets in shopping malls and supermarkets, "he explained.Alumnus D3 ABA Yogyakarta claimed, wanted to expand the market up to foreign countries. "Website cocoon craft is being made to expand the market," he said. Global markets ogled remember that practiced this craft, started from an order of French tourists. "A month working hard to try again and again the desired shape, but when it was finished even not come," he added.Finally, the first product that the buyer purchased locally. "Starting from mouth to mouth promotion until now has come to be known," explained Suandewi which is a hobby making various knick-knacks sitting on the bench since high school.Various female accessories sold from Rp 10,000-Rp 30,000. While women's handbags priced from Rp 140,000 to Rp 250,000, while the lamp shade between Rp 150,000 and Rp 260,000. "To craft bag is a bit expensive, because the process is quite complicated," he said.However, the product is quite attractive considering the shape and material characteristics. For him, creativity and innovation in design are necessary in the handicraft industry.Therefore, to keep on developing the design, his horizons expanded by collecting hundreds of books on design and crafts.

BAMBOO CRAFT FROM BALI INDONESIA

Crystal Craft Beads Craft Village Family

Cottage industry we're trying to work on it enough to attract people around and generally the mothers and young women. Starting from a hobby to try and then teach or provide free training to the people who are interested. Apparently they are pretty positive response. Some works try to be developed. Starting from clothes brooches, bracelets, key chains, and the HP, to, Sandals beautiful, Craft Flower, Pot and others. Some other types of trial that there are developed according to the imagination.
For the marketing is still within the scope around the house, and are not sold on the market. Capital was also obtained from self-help members attend free. Some works can be seen below.

MARBLE CRAFT TULUNGAGUNG (Tulungagung's Marble HANDICRAFT)

Stone Marble is one of the leading crops of the famous from Tulungagung, various kinds of marble stone handicrafts of this has penetrated foreign markets, apart from being famous for its good workmanship and the beauty of this marble stone, marble handicrafts has been there since the first in Tulungagung, marble stone workmanship previously done the traditional way, which is known for generations, along with the progress of marble processing times also experienced progress, using various tools that modern enough workmanship results were also more subtle and have more value, marble stone is now a form new commercial in the city Tulungagung with various processing.Although a lot of crafts in this small town, marble stone handicrafts that has the beauty and uniqueness have been made to make this craft as commodities Tulungagung city.In areas Tulungagung especially Campurdarat and the surrounding area, there are many hills which contains various minerals such as marble stone, from where the source of marble in the can, this is one of natural resources with huge potential to be used, similar like oil fields, marble bring a source of life for surrounding communities.Lots of marble produced from this, one form of treatment is various kinds of handicrafts marble sculpture, the form of craft that is often made between the other craft making sculptures of animals or fruits, as well as souvenirs and accessories this craft was able to lure buyers with a unique result of the process, not everyone is able to do making this statue, what else is made of marble stone, marble stone itself if we see is the usual kind of natural stone, but with work by artists then formed a marble statue - the statue that has a beautiful shape, viewed in terms of texture and processing, indeed this statue has the advantage, among others, form the surface of the statue made of marble is more shiny, this is the excess of the marble stone, marble and stone has a nerve that is formed naturally, as well as nerves that exist in the trunk, loaded it provide the hallmark of marble stone, and gives the impression of authenticity and natural.Marble processing is now not only fixated on making a statue, marble artists began looking for another gold resources of marble (new innovation), almost all the existing furniture in your living room can be produced from marble, from the floor to the knick - knacks that other.Marble stone promising uniqueness, beauty and naturalness, the excess is the primary attraction for artists to exploit marble stone, utilizing the maximum extent possible.

FAKE HAIR CRAFT

Craft wig began to lose foreign markets because of the global crisis. They were forced to be more creative, to develop the domestic marketR finances 10 x 20 meters was a mess. Scattered strands of hair in which the na-ma. White tile floors covered with scattered strands of hair, either cut anyone's hair. "Craft we did everything from waste," said Ngudiyono, wig makers in the village of Karangbanjar, District Bojongsari, Purbalingga, yesterday.According to the man 50 years, crafting a wig in the village did take advantage of waste, both synthetic and real hair. From the waste, diproduksilah wig (wig), false eyelashes, hair for hair extensions, bun, fir, and others.The crafters get hair waste from the beauty salon, also from scavengers. Before the global crisis that is still happening, hair raw material valued USD 400 thousand per kilogram "Now the raw material is cheap, we buy them Rp 280 thousand per kilogram," said Ngudiyono, who claimed to have only completed elementary school.Each month they can spend the 5 tons of raw materials hair. For the problem of raw materials, they never trouble.But now it seems they have to face trouble: look for the market. "All this time they sell to us. While the order is currently down by 50 percent, "said Chairman of the Indonesian Employers Association Purbalingga, Saryono.One other crafters, Eko Setiawan, states have not all crafters producing wigs until the final settlement process. Male 28 years old, said among the 200 artisans in Karangbanjar wig, only five craftsmen who could make a wig until the end. The rest is just a half-finished goods or craftsman called plasma. These are so far the company sells its products to South Korea. "Now Korean companies are export difficulties, crafters so affected," said Eko.In the past, before the crisis, said Eko, craftsmen capable of producing half a ton each month. Now they only produce three hundred pounds only. That is, if there is an order.According to Eko, at least there are 26 thousand craftsmen plasma in Purbalingga, and they were threatened with collapse because until now only rely on Korean companies to add back their production.However, crafters like Ngudiyono, a non-plasma or production of finished goods, not so affected by this global crisis. "So far we do focus work on the local market. The export market is only a sideline, "said the craftsman who claims to like reading books such motivation.

According to specialists bun maker, Imam, for the domestic market, as long as there were still people getting married, its not going out of business. "It is now being passionate, because the raw materials are cheap," he said.The crafters craft said they were optimistic they could survive the exposure to the crisis. Currently they only complained of difficult to get capital from the banking world. "Though my earnings in a month could reach USD 200 million," said Ngudiyono.Related to the problems faced by crafters hair and false eyelashes, Head of Department of Labor says it will help crafters Purbalingga plasma separated from the bankruptcy. He distinguish narkan, quiet the wig business today because the market affected the Korean company that was slow. "First we will do is save the micro and plasma makers are thousands," he said.In addition, according Saryono, the Indonesian Employers Association Purbalingga will try to find new markets.K erajinan wig in an attempt turuntemurun Purbalingga. Craft is now the third generation of Meru feeding. According to a craftsman, Ngudiyono, handmade wig was first popular in the village of Karangbanjar in around 1970. At that time they made the semi-finished wigs are exported abroad. "At that time, with a capital of USD 1 million, could get the USD 20 million," said Ngudiyono.Is a trio of artisans, Sunarji, Hadi Martoyo, and Guderi, who began pioneering the craft. All three are famous as a successful craftsman of his day.Crafts wig Purbalingga had suspended animation for 10 years. The reason, said Ngudiyono, the world began to many competitors who offer similar products at lower prices.In the early 1980s, their efforts to rise again. "I am including a second-generation craftsman who began to build this business anymore," said Ngudiyono.With a capital of USD 22 500, he was with Surip and Imam began the business was passed down through generations. Thanks to hard work and diligence, the business began menggurita. Currently, at least 26 thousand craftsmen were involved in such labor-intensive business.In 1985, Korean entrepreneurs began to enter Purbalingga after hearing the quality of home-based craft wigs Purbalingga is fair. Currently there are at least 18 foreign companies operating in Purbalingga.Eko Setiawan, 28 years, including a third generation craftsman wigs. Although only a high school graduate, she is surfing the Internet to view the world of hair fashion trend and its market value. "If there is a new fashion, it took me 3-4 months to make," he said.In 2006, Eko once thriving business. Because of garanya, when it is finished the hair fashion trend with singer Kris Kristofferson who use wigs. "At that time, foreign products worth about Rp 280 thousand. We dare to sell USD 80 thousand, "he added.Eko said that his business could survive for continuing to create new creations. In addition, he says the virtual world helped his business.