In many fashionable garden of luxury house and hotels in major cities in indonesia, items of pottery of Lombok are used to shape the beauty of the place.
For interior and exsterior needs, Lombok pottery has gained a great reputation.
The skillful culture of Lombok people enlivens the continuation of this beauty.
Banyumulek is a pottery village, where traditional skills and culture have been develope into crafts industry and export commodities, although the vessels produced here today are suitable for modern household purpose, the disign are based on tradition motifs incorporating fish and ornate floral patterns.
One among many pottery villages across the island of Lombok, Banyumulek is West Lombok is a success story among the Lombok village producers of pottery.
The other renowned stars among traditional pottery villages are Penujak in Central Lombok and Masbagiq Timur in East Lombok.
It is said that these skills have been carried down since the decline of the Hindu Kingdom of Majapahit in the early 16th century.
In the villages of Banyumulek, masbagiq Timur and Penujak, it is claimed that women become involved in this craft as children, from the time when they begin to walk.
There are three kind of techniques usually used in the forming of pots on Lombok.
Round bottomed pots are beaten out from a single ball of clay with a stone and wooden paddle.
Just imagine how when you blow up a balloon the surface of balloon becomes thinner as it gets bigger, the basic technique of blowing up a balloon is similiar to this kind of potters technique.
Determining the clay suitable for pottery is part of a century-long heritage.
The important properties of unproccessed clay are texture and stickiness, as well as its color, smell and taste.
Clay has become an important commodity for the develope pottery villages.
The caly deposits are found at the base of the hills and are dug out by hand or simpl
e equipment.
Local villagers, who are unable to grow much food on the poor upland soil, earn a living by digging clay and selling it to nearby potters.
Lombok pottery has very distinctive characteristics compared to the same kind of crafts derived from the Javanese or Balinese traditions.
With the vast and rapid development of the tourist industry, Lombok pottery has become more famous than ever.
Any travel guide about Lombok mentions the pottery villages, some travel bureaus have organised tours to the pottery villages.
The touristm industry has become the doorway through which to help develop the crafts industry.
For interior and exsterior needs, Lombok pottery has gained a great reputation.
The skillful culture of Lombok people enlivens the continuation of this beauty.
Banyumulek is a pottery village, where traditional skills and culture have been develope into crafts industry and export commodities, although the vessels produced here today are suitable for modern household purpose, the disign are based on tradition motifs incorporating fish and ornate floral patterns.
One among many pottery villages across the island of Lombok, Banyumulek is West Lombok is a success story among the Lombok village producers of pottery.
The other renowned stars among traditional pottery villages are Penujak in Central Lombok and Masbagiq Timur in East Lombok.
It is said that these skills have been carried down since the decline of the Hindu Kingdom of Majapahit in the early 16th century.
In the villages of Banyumulek, masbagiq Timur and Penujak, it is claimed that women become involved in this craft as children, from the time when they begin to walk.
There are three kind of techniques usually used in the forming of pots on Lombok.
Round bottomed pots are beaten out from a single ball of clay with a stone and wooden paddle.
Just imagine how when you blow up a balloon the surface of balloon becomes thinner as it gets bigger, the basic technique of blowing up a balloon is similiar to this kind of potters technique.
Determining the clay suitable for pottery is part of a century-long heritage.
The important properties of unproccessed clay are texture and stickiness, as well as its color, smell and taste.
Clay has become an important commodity for the develope pottery villages.
The caly deposits are found at the base of the hills and are dug out by hand or simpl
e equipment.Local villagers, who are unable to grow much food on the poor upland soil, earn a living by digging clay and selling it to nearby potters.
Lombok pottery has very distinctive characteristics compared to the same kind of crafts derived from the Javanese or Balinese traditions.
With the vast and rapid development of the tourist industry, Lombok pottery has become more famous than ever.
Any travel guide about Lombok mentions the pottery villages, some travel bureaus have organised tours to the pottery villages.
The touristm industry has become the doorway through which to help develop the crafts industry.
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