Bali Furniture
Woodcarving: A Balinese tradition
Woodcarving in Bali has changed a lot in the last 100 years. Orignally Balinese wood carving was purely for decoration, then with the start of tourism it developed into a business. The Balinese use woodcarving to decorate doorways, temples and family structures and in places like Ubud one can see some fine examples of bales that have carved, painted ceiling and sides. Tourism created a demand for the Balinese skill of woodcarving and also allowed their natural creativeness to flow. Large chunks of wood are sometimes used as tables are turned into a part tree, part carving, giving a psychedelic affect almost.
Date: September 5th, 2005 |
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Tegalalang: Wood carving center near Ubud Bali
Tegalalang is village located on the north-south road from Kintamani and Ubud. Driving along this stretch you will have no doubt you are in Tegalalang because of the abundance in wooden carvings that are displayed along the road. Development in Tegalalang is another example of ribbon development, the expansion of a village along the main road but usually only 1 shop deep. Central Tegalalang has Bali-baroque style shops whereas the buildings on the northern and southern edges of town are simple adobe mud-brick family compounds with family temples. The village of Tegalalang specializes in pumping out carved fish, birds, trees and other designs that are painted in bright colors. These are designed for the tourist market, not really the antique or quality market. A visitor might also check out the selection of wall-panels, furniture, antique-style doors and topeng masks.
Date: May 22nd, 2005 |
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Batubulan: A stone carving center in Bali
Ask anyone what Batubulan stands for and they will say stone carvings. As you ride NE of Denpasar, past Tohpati, you will ride though a street lined with stone Buddhas and other carved decorations. Batubulan's creations can be seen the world over and one place I stopped at today was a little shop specializing in wood carving. As I pulled up 3 young guys sat on the floor and painstakingly chipped away at their own carving. Also displayed in the shop in the shop just recently finished were carved, center-parting doors and a couple of large carved door frames. I asked the price of the doors and was told 6m rp. A lot of the patterns are repeating with leaves often surrounding some kind of Balinese dancer or some abstract motif.
Date: August 30th, 2005 |
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