CRAFT SEA SAND



Well anyone who does not like playing with sand?? Almost all people would never do it either consciously or not, let us see their children loved playing with the name of sand, especially when going kepantai not feel our hands and feet must be moving the play sand. We dug a hole and then make the mounds, tunnels and there is also what makes the writing on the sand - sand, well, fun is not it?
But in addition to playing for the hands-the hands of creative people sand sea can be made something of value and produces a very beautiful work also called Sand creations and Crafts, and from the play while working with the sand that creative people are could generate decent money, there are even people who live family income of play sand.
Obviously you want to catch up with them right? Well in the course of this sun you can learn how to make a souvenir of Sand, some people also to beautify the craft sand, sea sand were given different colors (Sand Colour). To make the color of sand we need a tool: a pot, stove, mixer, filter and winnowing.
The material made ​​of sand color: white sea sand, dye, water, salt
How to make Sand color: sand washing first so clean from dirt and then drained.
Enter the water in the pan give the dye and salt and enter the sand that is clean and then boiled until the color seep seep then take ditiris until dry and then place a wide plastic ditampah or aerated to dry.
After drying berkereasi then we can make a variety of craft Sand Sea could create a block note, frame, piggy bank, where there are many common tisiu etc. Sand craft making this color also combined with other materials for the creation of a better example dengn creations Recycled Paper

CRAFT FROM SILVER CITY GEDE INDONESIA

Making Silver Handicraft, Craftsmen Kotagede emulate the work of the

 Kotagede can not be denied again has become the largest silver centers in Indonesia, more than Bali, Lombok and Kendari. A variety of silver which is processed into various shapes through a variety of ways resulting from a place located 10 km from the city center. Since the 70s, silver production Kotagede has sought foreign tourists, either in the form of jewelry, household accessories or decoration.
Now, not only offers luxury Kotagede silver production, but also the opportunity to study the process of making silver. A short course which lasted three hours up in a matter of days offer you an alternative tour package includes designing silver jewelry designs, makes and finally bring home the results made your own. One of the places where you can enjoy a tour package that is at Studio 76.
The initial phase of the course is to design jewelry design. You are free to choose the type of jewelry and designs to be created. Once the design is determined, the process continued with the transfer of design to the mold and forging. Once forged, brass or copper plate is used as the base material to be forged using soft tin. Furthermore, the materials assembled in accordance with the wishes and polished silver through the plating.
When you have more time, you can choose to make a more beautiful silver jewelry. To make it, you have to practice carving plate base material prior to polish jewelry. You can also choose to make jewelry that looks like a woven wire-thin silver-plated wire on the outside. Of course, the more beautiful and detailed jewelry that you want to create, the more valuable it is also in the eyes of others.
The whole process of designing and making crafts are your rights. During the manufacturing process, the instructor will only guide and fix some details that still not good. Experience in guiding the instructor and make silver over the years will help you learn in quick time. Supported by the expertise of foreign-language instructor, you would be very easy.
During the course, you will also get various explanations about the silver and Kotagede. Among them, an explanation of the history of silver in Kotagede and explanations about various techniques of making silver. You can also walk around the location of the production of handicrafts and watch the craftsmen at work, in addition to seeing a variety of products ready for sale.
When choosing a package tour to make a silver at Studio 76, there are several choices of time and duration of your own. When you only have a little time, you can choose the Short Course duration of 3 hours, but if you have a lot of time you can choose Full Day Course which lasted from morning to evening. If still not satisfied, you can choose Arraged Course duration with the target and adjust to your liking.
The course fee ranges from USD $ 100,000.00 to $ 2,000,000.00 per person, depending on the choice of the course package. The longer the term of the course, then the cost will be more expensive. But not to worry, because the learning process would be more detailed and silver jewelry offered was a gram higher. Jewellery Short Course resulting from a maximum of only 5 grams, but Full Day Course to reach 10 grams.
To follow this course, you should first contact some galleries or course providers so that instructors and equipment manufacture of silver can be prepared. To go to Studio 76, you can go to the Kotagede and then walked to Jalan Purbayan. The studio provides a master instructor of English and French. Well, are interested in producing silver pieces of your own hands?




What do you do if your home there are some fabrics that are not used anymore? Maybe you'll think to throw it away ... but do not you think that these fabrics could become a useful and even make money for you??Percha is a fabric remnant that some people have not considered useful anymore. But the hands of people who are creative, patchwork can be transformed into a beautiful bedcovers, blankets, curtains, bags, dolls, coasters, and others. Utilization percha can to beautify the room, living room, or in every corner of the house. Patchwork, quilting, and applique are techniques in the use of patchwork.Quilts, Patchwork & applique is based crafts patchwork composed and arranged in a compact, and combined with modern skills, resulting in works that have artistic value and scope of art itself.In detail the meaning of Quilts, Patchwork & applique as follows: Patchwork is the art of preparing and combining patchwork of different colors and patterns to follow a pattern repeated by hand or machine stitching, while the applique is an art form images of pieces of fabric and taped above the surface of the fabric using a seam hand or machine as well. Both art is then enhanced with a sewing technique grinds (Quilts). This technique is performed after inserting a type of foam called dakron / silicon between the sheets of cloth that has the same size. The result will be more tidy and has a thickness that provides the beauty and uniqueness.Use of this patchwork other than to fill time for mothers and young women can also provide extra revenue for them. Raw materials used are very cheap because it comes from the remaining fabric that is not used anymore. Quilting has a good business opportunity for unique products and creative. In Indonesia, quilting artisans still sedikt. Therefore, there are still many opportunities for mothers and young women to develop this quilting business.Here are the tools needed:1.Rotary Cutter   This thing is very sharp and can cut up to 6 layers of cotton fabric. This thing please be kept away from
   children because of a sharp cutter knife once. Get used to after using the always on key.

   "mat. Made with a variety of sizes and brands as well as existing grids for cutting accuracy. We
   recommend buying a medium size 22 × 12 inch (1 inch = 2.5cm) or the brand Olfa Omnigrid.

   8 fractions for cutting accuracy. Sold with a variety of sizes, but it is recommended to use the mark
   Omnigrid 6 × 12 inch size.Sewing

4.Mesin   Sewing machine actually only option, if you want quick and neat please buy a sewing machine. If you want
   to save money can use the method of hand quilting, but the results will be long and usually we will get
   bored quickly.   Sewing machine does not have an expensive, which is important to sew straight and provide a sharp
   machine needles size 80.Other basic

5.Peralatan as sharp fabric scissors, thread, pins, and iron.
3.Rotary Ruler   This is a special ruler for use with rotary cutter and rotary mat. This ruler has been no sign of sizes up to 1 /
2.Rotary Mat   Alas for use when we use the rotary cutter and will not be damaged because it is referred to as' self-healing

Butterflies Feathers From a Wasted


Create jobs themselves, is the best way to build a future in the midst of the difficulty people are looking for an office job. Especially for those less fortunate in the formal sector, but has the creativity and unyielding spirit. Supriyanto (25), resident Wirobrajan WB II/226 RT 06 - RW 02 Yogyakarta is the figure of a young boy who tried to self, his family with butterfly handicraft business. Fur once largely wasted, in the hands of creative young people turned out to be transformed into a colorful "butterfly" pretty, though only imitation.
This idea emerged in 2003 ago. Along with Dana, his partner, he tried to innovate how to use fur in addition to the shuttle cock or duster. "Once we've ever made flowers. Good and behavior in the market, but the essence is difficult because they have to choose a thin coat ", he said.
The butterfly is made from fur menthog with white background. To be able to get good quality hair, he must hunt outside the city, to places of slaughter poultry. One sheet costs have reached $ 60. Although you have to choose, but in the next process is still there to be sorted.
After going through the process of coloring into blue, green, yellow, brown, orange and others, then made the wings according to the pattern. Each butterfly takes 4 pieces of fur. Sengon body was made of wood. Proboscis of flower buds that have been processed so it is very durable. "Putiknya I bought from friends, including for the eyes", he said on Tuesday (19 / 7) at his home, just north Wirobrajan SD Muhammadiyah 3 Yogyakarta.
The young man admitted that the experiment was not completely finished. At first he tried with chicken feathers, but the coloring process is rather difficult. Finally finding a more suitable menthog fur.
***FOR handicraft products to market this, first he must sell himself on the front sidewalk Great House, Jalan Malioboro. While in Yogya Yogyakarta Arts Festival took place (FKY), highlighted the complex art fairs Vredeburg, the butterfly was on display at his own booth. It turns out this unique craft attract attention and orders kept coming.
Given a stainless wire rod, like a butterfly flying, swinging to the touch. Packed without stalks, often used to beautify the bridal chamber, mounted on the curtain with the help of safety pins in lieu of flowers. Also many booked for a wedding gift, both in plastic packaging and a small box.
Supri artificial butterfly is also there that took him to Jakarta, Bali, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, to be sold there. Who every Sunday, he held a butterfly merchandise and various handicrafts at GMU campus Bulaksumur which is always crowded for jogging and other sports.
The manufacturing process is very complicated. Everything is handled manually, so that the maximum daily production of just 50 pieces. If you order a lot, it adds time so that the number could reach two-fold. For resale, he pegged the price of Rp 1500 per fruit. Looking at the complexity of how to create and price the material must be purchased, the price is far from expensive.
Maintenance of artificial butterflies is not difficult. To remove dust, simply by duster fine. Cleaned once a week is enough. The color is still bright. Moreover, if each day.
From this handicraft business, Supriyanto got two pride. He was able to create their own jobs and be able to provide economic value of goods that previously wasted. Besides, he also feels better income than when he became a private employee who previously lived

LEATHER CRAFT WOOD



Bada Valley which include areas of Lore Lindu, Central Sulawesi, has incredible natural wealth. All plants grow well, including rice and cloves, which is the main income. This causes most people to grow crops more focused than anything else.
But public interest in the Valley Bada Lore also has a distinctive craft of leather crafts from wood. Usually the men in this valley will be around to find a tree with a beautiful leather among other duties of trees, breadfruit or banyan whose numbers are many in this valley. But the Tree of Customs of the most frequently used and only in this Bada Valley.
Ethnic customs house Lore Tambi has named a special building that is usually created as rice granary often called Buho ', but in reality we now also often used for leather processing wood. The search results are good bark on the river be cleaned only after it submitted to the Tribe women Lore and then processed here.
Bark that has been cleaned will be boiled until tender and then processed with the tools to be a wood fiber peboba then beaten with ike and aligned with the bamboo. After all process is done, the bark is dried in their respective home pages.
After drying the women will start work of high artistic flavor that is drawing the pattern on the bark. Usually they use a pencil first and then be given the bright colors are taken from the essence of the existing trees in this valley.
Wood crafts are usually developed into a scarf or dress clothes for women, custom hats for men, tablecloths or wall hangings. Everything is made with typical patterns of Ethnic Lore.
In addition to these wood crafts are also found in the form of woven rattan handicrafts are also widely found in the Bada Valley. Wicker rattan also has a unique color like the colors found in the bark handicrafts Ethnic Lore of the dominance of pink, green and yellow.
To get this craft we can come to the Valley of Bada and directly witness the making. We can also buy them as souvenirs. The price varies from Rp 50,000 to Rp 100,000 depending on the magnitude. The price is also relatively expensive due to the slow construction of about 2 weeks for one item and only few people can.

SEA SHELL CRAFT




Many different kinds of sea shells scattered on the beach turned out to be processed into a variety of beautiful suvernir. Economic value too high, even as far as the overseas marketing. In the fishing village in Desa Tasik Apex Court, Central Java, this is the handicrafts made ​​from sea shells easily found.
Is Suryadi, one artisan ornaments made ​​from sea shells that have been seventeen years to pursue this craft. Created beautiful holiday decorations, a photo frame, sculpture and various other decoration.

Suvernir making process is quite easy. To make it, it takes only an abundance of shells on the beach, plywood, and wood glue. Making crafts was started by smearing glue gets to be attached mussels. Furthermore, mussels attached to the pattern that has been planned. The fruit is hand made ​​from shells sold for three thousand dollars, to seventy thousand dollars.

"For marketing itself is Solo, Yogyakarta, Semarang, Kudus, Pati also exported to overseas. The price was very bervareasi from one thousand to seventy-five thousand", Said Suryadi craftsmen suvernir this sea shells. Besides sold in several shanties in Rembang, Central Java, in the hands Suryadi suvernir also been exported to the United States

COCONUT SHELL CRAFT



You know the shell or coconut shell? For most people may not be useful coconut shell. Coconut shell when in fact it is very useful to be made crafts.
Who would have thought with a modified shell waste capitalize with pandanus and banana bark rope, this one makes the product worth of art and the more desirable. Therefore, not surprisingly, various handicrafts made ​​from coconut shell is often found in every shopping mall in the downtown area attractions such as Yogyakarta, Bali and Lombok.

Various Forms

Coconut shell crafts being sold to be used as hand pieces with different shapes. Starting from women's accessories such as pins, picture frames, to home furnishings like spoons and bowls.
Besides coconut shells can also be formed into drinking glasses, trays, lampshades, spoon, fork, or spoon vegetable. With the touch of a very fine art, handicrafts coconut shell looks very artistic. Even the results of this coconut shell crafts can be a variety of bags with various shapes (models) and sizes, various forms of model rail curtains, lamp cup, cap, manik-manik/kancing, and others.

The materials needed to make kerajianan from coconut shells is fairly easy to obtain, such as wood glue, tangkel (coconut shell), putty, melamine, sandpaper and paint. Also texwood also needed to be made crafts such as product order desk and small closet attached tangkel.Agar visible exterior artistic, fiber from coconut shell should be highlighted. Because diseratlah inherent artistic value stronger than this effort, in addition to unique forms are made.