If you happened invited by middle - upper class family in Indonesia or if you enter a guest room of an Indonesian star hotels, you might be astonished to see a special wooden furniture in complicated and interesting design. Asking your host or information desk, surely they will answer that brown furniture's name is "Jepara craft", means that the design done by Jepara craft men.
Most furniture produced in Jepara district, but some products made in another parts of the country, done by the craft men imported from Jepara, since they had been nurture this craftmanship hundred of years from their ancestors. I put this topic in Culture label due to their blood inherited their skill automatically without going to formal training.
Jepara town located in North part of central Java, about 90 minutes flight from Jakarta and about 2 hour drive from Ahmad Yani airport, Semarang, capital of Central Java. You may buy a round trip ticket and back to Jakarta late in the afternoon or spend a weekend in Semarang to take advantage to visit minimum two destinations, Jepara and Borobudur temple, to make your day an amazing experiences to tell relatives and others. As you know this temple is one of the 7 miracles in the world.
When you enter the border of Jepara district, a long the way your eyes astonished to realized that you enter a place full of workshops, display rooms, wooden stocks, warehouses, a special and amazing circumstance differ from another parts of Indonesia.
The attractive things not just in the classic design but also in a solid wood materials as well, planted in Java island name "Jati woods" that will last for decades, as in my house. I bought in 25 years a go and still in a very good conditions. The type of products varies from chairs, tables, cupboards, desks, dividers (photo), show cases, phone standing, mirror frames, carts for liquors and many more including craft of last supper, head of Jesus Christ craft.
The attractive things not just in the classic design but also in a solid wood materials as well, planted in Java island name "Jati woods" that will last for decades, as in my house. I bought in 25 years a go and still in a very good conditions. The type of products varies from chairs, tables, cupboards, desks, dividers (photo), show cases, phone standing, mirror frames, carts for liquors and many more including craft of last supper, head of Jesus Christ craft.
So, spare your time going around or walking door to door in Jepara town and if you fall in love with some kind of design, you may placed order and they will send it by Fedex to your doorstep.
But in case you are in a hurry, just asking hotel receptionists or taxi drivers in big cities to take you around and stop by in workshop and show rooms of Jepara furniture in another towns.
But in case you are in a hurry, just asking hotel receptionists or taxi drivers in big cities to take you around and stop by in workshop and show rooms of Jepara furniture in another towns.
Due to the craftmenship, this furniture produce in slow motion manually by design, sand paper, polish and needed a lot of time to do, ultimately will affected the price. That is why this attractive wooden furniture relatively expensive and only middle - high class society could afford to pay, including the star hotels, restaurants in cozy or classic atmosphere.
In your next visit to Indonesia or Bali, make sure your schedule included insert Jepara visit or collect information on the website beforehand or stop by in our embassy before leaving your country.
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