Handmade Stone Carving and Clay Ceramic Sculptures- How to find quality in Java Indonesia

In close proximity to the ancient, huge and magnificent Buddhist stone temple “Borobudur” in Central Java the city Yogjakarta is located, a city not only famous among Indonesian students for its university, but especially among international buyers of stone carving and clay & ceramic articles.

Hundreds of small and large indonesia furniture factories are to be found here, producing stone carving articles handmade of natural mountain stone (e.g. lava stone, limestone, sandstone) as well as clay & ceramic items, mainly clay pot or ceramics vases.

The situation is similar to Jepara, where Indonesian teak furniture production is located: you have to have a trustworthy local partner to find the best quality, otherwise you will buy too expensive or you will buy mediocre quality.

Once you found your source, you will be impressed about the professional skills of the masons, about the variety of stone and clay & ceramic products they are able to produce with their bare hands: Elephants, Sculptures, Lamps, Statues, Vases, Buddhas, Pillars, Wells & Fountains, Garden & Landscaping items and much more.

The local craftsmen sit together in dusty rooms, or even under the blazing sun, and swing their hammers down to their chisels to form figures out of the bare stone blocks. They sweat together in hot clay factories, firing the ovens to harden the material, and color, sand and polish their precious products.

In terms of how to optimally present the products, the bigger stone carvers and clay pot manufacturers of Java Indonesia own huge storehouses and depots, while the smaller ones use their very own family gardens to establish showroom atmosphere.

Either way, the buyer is tempted to purchase in bulk, since every stone or clay & ceramics item seems more beautiful than the previous one. Regarding the packing of the products no one has to worry: the fragile, sometimes even very large ceramic and stone products are wrapped and then a wooden frame is constructed to hold and protect the object during shipment.

The items will then be sent to north Java, to the port of Semarang / Indonesia, and from there being shipped to anywhere in the world.

For more information on the natural stone, clay and ceramic products of Java / Indonesia, and on how to get them to exactly your place of choice, please visit indonesia furniture and click “Carved Stone” or “Clay & Ceramics”