Making crafts from the metal is nothing new for the premises. Because, long ago when I was standing much too royal metal craft industry has developed in many different corners of the country. Some metal crafts dating from the time of the kingdom among other various tools of war (beginning of the keris, swords, machetes, spears, shields, etc.), jewelry and accessories empire, art tool (such as gamelan saron, bonang, gongs) and others.

Now in this modern era the art of traditional crafts from the metal try revived as part of efforts to preserve the cultural arts in particular ancestral culture and art of designing and making things from metal. In addition to preserving traditional culture and art heritage ancestors, metal craft industry by taking the form of an antique motif and the royal era was much in demand among buyers, art lovers and collectors of antiques from home and abroad. Of course it became a separate business potential is very promising for those who are able to bring back the values of traditional culture and art era 'fashioned'.

Business opportunities promising enough that Istono arrested since 1983 who had started working on the production activities of goods of metal (brass) which is a replica of the royal relic. Using waste materials in the form of brass, Istono with his UD Ganesya able to create works of art from metal to form and pattern that resembles a work of art royal relic like the statue of Ganesh, Buddha statues and various other sculptures.

When Istono in 1983 started the production activities of goods metal art replica of the royal era, in fact activities of metal handicraft industry was not new for Istono. Because, for decades Istono has been in the handicraft industry of metal products since Istono itself was born from a family who has a background of metal handicraft industry. Grandfather Istono since the Dutch colonial period had worked brass cast metal industry. But then, my grandfather was still working Istono production activities of goods of daily needs of the metals such as charcoal iron tools, cookie cutters, candle, kelintingan (sound of metal tools hanging on the neck of a horse or buffalo) and others.

Since Istono took over the business of metal handicraft items Ganesya UD in 1983 because his parents died, try Istono present handicraft products
different handicraft products developed by their parents. Istono started to develop the manufacture of various goods, especially metal art replicas of relics of the royal era. Istono own design to develop the art of goods with reference to the image or archaeological relic. Unexpectedly, many strangers, lovers of art and antique collectors / old who are interested in it hasi Istono work. They are many who order the manufacture of various replicas of statues and relics of the kingdom to Istono era.

Now more than 1000 kinds of antiques made of metal which entirely Istono sold on the market. Metal handicraft items of daily needs that had produced his parents, now no longer produced Ganesya UD. Istono reasoned, handicraft goods metal daily needs were no longer produced because of its marketing Ganesya UD today's increasingly difficult. It was not independent of the number of new products in this modern era that could replace the function of these items. Eg electricity Seterikaan now so popular among the people so that no community members who want to use charcoal seterikaan.

Unlike the crafts daily needs of the metal, featuring handicrafts, especially artistic value antiques tempo nuances of the kingdom was still much in demand. Those who understand the value of art will continue to buy antiques high artistic merit, although the life of the people have developed more advanced. Therefore, the business of art craft metal work at Istono never lonely now that the job order manufacture of various metal art crafts is always there every day.

With the assistance of 40 permanent employees, Istono currently able to produce an average of 1500 items of metal art crafts of various sizes and models of each month. If an order making metal crafts are many, Istono usually subcontract work to other crafters around the location of his business with reference to the design and size determined Istono own. The production process at the company's partners are usually done only up to intermediate goods, while his finishing process is still being done in the workshop Ganesya UD.

The smallest size of metal crafts made during this Istono is as high as 15 cm, while the largest size can reach 2 meters high. Istono usually sells craft goods with prices starting from Rp 15,000 to Rp 27.5 million.

Various metal crafts that are marketed to various cities in the country like to Jakarta, Bali, Yogyakarta, Semarang and Surabaya. Meanwhile, export activities conducted Istono to various countries like the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany and England. The buyers from abroad are generally direct transactions with Istono, but for sending buyers are usually appointed the forwarder in Indonesia to deal with packing up shipments.


UD Ganesya I
Sanan Selatan I/36 Mojoagung Jombang Jatim
Telp. (0321) 495409, Fax. (0321) 496070, e-mail: ganesya1@yahoo.com
C.P.: H. Istono, HP: 08123007829

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Ordinary people in various corners of the ground water during this more familiar with the island Madurese as production centers Indonesia's largest salt. In addition, People are also familiar with the Madurese because of the delicacy of chicken satay, satay kambing or mutton soup that many sold by the Madurese community in the area
overseas.

Whereas, in addition to salt and satenya, Madura island also has long been known
as local batik production centers. In fact, the community is so strong Madura Island
held tradition of batik and wearing clothing / batik cloth. No half-hearted, called the existing batik cloth Madura dibenak any society is the fabric original batik, batik cloth ie. Their relative do not know batik cloth or a known as batik printing as many communities in land use on water generally.

The tradition of batik cloth embedded strong enough among the people of Madura
has made culture and wearing batik batik cloth well preserved among them. Even when not batik as popular as today, society Madura still produce and put on batik clothes, because batik is part customs and culture of their day-to-day. Today when batik cloth was so popular and popular in the community, the craftsmen and entrepreneurs Madura Island batik more excited in the memprodusi batik cloth.

Madura Island itself has since long been known for several batik centers.
For example in Pamekasan District, since the first lot of batik artisans and entrepreneurs and develop business bermukin batik in the region. Until now District
Pamekasan known as one of the centers Batik handicraft industry on the island of Madura. Because, compared with other districts, kabupten on the island of Madura, this Pamekasan District the most populated of the craftsmen and batik entrepreneurs.

According to one entrepreneur batik from District Pamekasan, Moh. Monir, batik industry in the District Pamekasan already developed long before the colonizers
from Europe over the island of Madura. Industry batik on Madura Island has developed as a stand kerajaankerajaan in different parts of the island.

Moh. Monir himself who now has business batik industry 'Pineapple Indah Batik'
admitted batik business inherited from the His parents, while his parents inherit
from his grandfather. Likewise, the grandfather Monir who inherited the business from the batik his great-grandfather. So it went on, business batik, which is derived from one generation to the next generation.

Most of the batik business on the island of Madura is generally developed by the family of crafters or batik entrepreneurs who have efforts to cultivate generations
these craft. Therefore, not surprising that the tradition batik can still survive
and well maintained in Madurese community.

Moh. Monir who began taking over the management of handicraft business batik from their parents in the year 1992, seeks to develop business by marketing products to various major cities in ground water, such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Semarang, Yogyakarta and lainlain. Via participation in various exhibitions in kotakota Monir is trying
textile market advantage and domestic garment now began menggandrungi batik.

As a craftsman and businessman batik, all family members Moh. Monir usually directly involved in activities batik industry everyday. Monir wife generally handle the design and manufacture coloring, while Monir itself more a lot of marketing, including the it followed various exhibitions in various cities in the country.

With the assistance of 37 employees, batik business 'Pineapple Indah Batik' property
Moh family. Monir each month can producing 400 pieces of batik cloth. Of The average production of 400 pieces of batik cloth per month, 50 pieces including a high-quality batik cloth with a target middle segment of the market upward. While 350 other pieces of batik cloth is batik cloth for the middle market segment below.

Usually Moh. Monir sells batik cloth quality (for the middle market segment above) at a price of Rp 300,000 per piece up to Rp 2 million per piece. Meanwhile, for ordinary batik cloth (for the market segment lower middle income) Moh. Monir sell prices vary from USD 75,000 per piece up to Rp 150,000 per pcs.

According Monir, Madura batik cloth can be easily distinguished by kainkain batik from other regions. Therefore, Madura batik cloth (especially batik Pamekasan) has a motif characteristic of in which there is always a color element white. One of the Madurese batik motif who had many lovers known to the public motif batik cloth was Milo who is Madura typical pattern with a mix of colors between young and old brown and black.

In line with the growing popularity the use of batik cloth in the adult this, the Madurese batik cloth are now also being experience 'rising'. Order it batik cloth from consumers continues to flow along with the continued increase in consumer awareness of the origin of batik cloth. It was seen by the increasing number of
consumers who prefer cloth batik although the price is relatively more expensive.

Consumer society, or batik lovers out Madura Island now have come to know batik
Madura. They began to hunt various types of batik cloth from Madura because Madurese batik cloth was different from batik cloth from Java Island as well as from regional
others in the homeland. Especially if compared with batik cloth printing or patterned textile fabric batik, the quality of the original batik from Madura much better.

"Madurese batik fabrics generally stronger and more resistant wash. Often washed it more clearly and the better the color looks like. While batik printing more often washed fading color, "said Monir an end conversation with magazine Quinine.

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Industry craft gold and silver in Bali has developed a long time, ie when ongoing era heyday Nusantara kingdoms of the earth, many centuries before the entry of the colonizers to the area ground water. Although culture make crafts gold and silver jewelry in Bali accounted very old, but the skills to make crafting gold and silver jewelry can be well preserved in the community because of the regeneration of the
worked well where the skill hereditary inherited from one generation to the next generation.

Maintaining the skills to make Bali handicraft jewelry is also not apart from the role of indigenous peoples in maintain the customs and culture hereditary societies. Therefore, jewelry crafts were widely used people of Bali as a specific customary upacaraupacara. Relations between handicraft-making skills jewelry with traditional solemnization course specific synergistic effect of mutually supporting efforts to conserve the cultural elements of that society.

Bali handicraft jewelry products also very unique and special. Therefore, handicraft products Balinese jewelry is much influenced by the nuances Balinese culture itself. Therefore, crafts gold and silver jewelry Bali is very easy distinguished jewelry handicraft products gold and silver from other regions in the country.

Motif of a typical Balinese carvings often dominate the ornaments on handicraft products Bali jewelry. Generally motif carvings found on the craft of jewelry Bali
motifs of flora or fauna is plentiful the inspiration for the craftsmen and chisel
gold and silver jewelry in Bali.

One of the jewelry industry Bali is still able to survive is 'Jade's House of Jewelry' I belong to Nyoman Jabud located in the village Celuk and Singapadu, Gianyar, Bali.

Nyoman who was born in Singapadu years 1942 actually came from peasant families.
Small Nyoman started learning about the industry craft jewelry Bali in 1955
by working at a jewelry store owned by one others in Celuk. Nyoman quickly mastered
techniques of making gold and silver jewelry, and in 1958 was believed to be
builders as well as employees at a jewelry store.

When I felt able, in the year 1964 Nyoman stopped working for others and trying to establish business own jewelry industry on a small scale in Singapadu. This time using only Nyoman silver raw material for the manufacture of products perhiasanya. It was not until 1972 Nyoman officially opened the workshop jewelry of gold (and silver) in Singapadu with hired four employees. When that, Nyoman really rely ability of capital itself. Every day making gold / silver, after so sold. Then proceeds
used to buy more raw materials.

Although only rely ability of working capital itself, but the activities Nyoman business can continue to grow. This It happened because the gold / silver Nyoman has produced quality and power high tensile for the consumer. No surprising if in time
relatively short gold jewelry craft business Nyoman continue to grow bigger. In
in 1985, Nyoman add a gallery gold jewelry by opening galleries in Celuk. Thus, now two galleries gold jewelry owned by Nyoman. In Nyoman overall now has 20 people
builders gold jewelry maker who each day working in their homes and Store employees 10 people.

To manufacture gold jewelry crafts and silver, Nyoman usually makes own design. But sometimes there are design is also made by the buyer. All design was adapted to the culture sculpture Bali so that the results were very distinctive carvings Bali. Decorative motifs found on handicraft products of gold or silver jewelry Bali is usually made by the chisel or carved by hand made.

Until now Nyoman been successfully create hundreds of designs and motifs. Some
designs / motifs were given names such as Barong, Boma, Briny Liman, Kembang Gondo, Bun Puggel and others. Motive of the most widely usually used florals, bninatang
and other vegetation. According to Nyoman, in the 1990s gold jewelry industry in Bali had boom. At that time, Nyoman a carpenter making jewelry until 75 people considering the number of orders jewelry making gold / silver. When it Nyoman monthly capable of processing 50 kg 10 kg of silver and gold into various types jewelry is very beautiful and interesting.

But unfortunately in 1997 an order gold jewelry again started quiet in line with the economic crisis then. Consumption of silver and gold as jewelry-making raw materials had declined the remaining 5 kg 1 kg of silver and gold each month. This was because, in addition to the volume orders declined, as well as prices of materials gold and silver standard which continues skyrocketed to difficult to reach the consumer.

Nyoman admitted his condition is now very different from the era of the 1990s.
Because, in addition to the growing economic situation difficult, also now has a lot of new competitors emerging. However, in the middle a difficult situation today, Nyoman remain continue to strive to produce work karaya art work in gold and silver jewelry best. May the works of art that can be continue to be maintained to be protected from extinction.


Kahyangan House of Jewelry
Jl. Raya Celuk No. 8X, Gianyar, Bali, P.O. Box 3049, Denpasar 80030
Telp. +62 361 298040, Fax. +62 361 298041
E-mail: balikahyangan@indo.net.id, Website: www.balikahyangansilver.com

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