Lombok Handicrafts Information
There are
various handicrafts in Lombok island, such pottery, wood
carfing, lime stone carving,etc. Most of the crafts are
hand made and in traditional way processing. Bali's as
the bigest market for all lombok crafts, sometimes
claims as Bali handi crafts.
On Lombok
there is more crafts than art. The main crafts of Lombok
are practical items made for everyday use, but showing
great skills and finishing,
traditional techniques and natural, locals materials.
Villages specialize in certain crafts, and it's
interesting to travel to a number of them, seeing hand
weaving in one village, basket ware in another and
pottery in third.
 LOMBOK PEARLS
Lombok and
Sumbawa's seashore are potential and pollution-free for
Oyster Farm. Many Japanese investors are involved in
developing sea pearls and black pearls. Sekotong, East
Lombok, and North West of Lombok are the places where
most sea pearls comes from.
LOMBOK LIME
STONE
Lime stone is
a new crafts in Lombok it's becoming popular nowadays in
Lombok, most of the star Hotel made the Lime stone as
lobby decoration.
Tradional Hand Weaving
There are two
main well known villages which produce traditional hand
weaving village in Lombok, Sukarara ( Central Lombok),
and Pringgasela (east Lombok). Typical tenun ikat and
sarong are produced here. The sarong is not only a
comfortable article of clothing but can serve as a
sheet, towel and multitude of other uses. Songket, is
one of the most complicated hand weaving that usually
done by women from generation to generation. The process
can take over a month to reach one piece of songket.
Some expensive songket combines silver or gold strings
to give a touch of natural, shiny motif. Other kind of
hand weaving is called Ikat Weaving, usually done by
men.
Lombok's Pottery is
gaining an international reputation for its quality
workmanship. In the villages of Penujak,
Banyumulek and Masbagik, all located within
one hour's drive from Mataram, one can see pottery
makers painstakingly molding vases, jugs and plates in
exactly the same way as they have been crafted for
centuries. Only done by women, the pottery is all shaped
by hand without the aid of a potter's wheel. There are
also numerous traditional looms producing varieties of
hand-woven materials of very good quality.
LOMBOK WOODEN
MASK, BOXES AND PRIMITIVE CARVINGS
Many of
this product can be found in some art galleries in
Bali's Legian St, or Ubud. They are well marketed in
Bali, and often claim as original Bali's art. Two main
villages in Lombok where they mainly produce those items
are; Labuapi and
Rungkang Jangkuk.
ROTAN CRAFTS
AND FURNITURE
Although This handy crafts and furniture not being
distribute world wide yet but Rotan crafts and furniture
is very popular in Lombok or even in Indonesia. The
traditional way to made the crafts and furniture is
unique, difference, and smooth.
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