RI ready to enter ecolabeled furniture, handicraft …

 

Bogor, W Java (ANTARA News) – The Indonesian Ecolabeling Agency (LEI) has set up cooperation with several other institutions to provide the furniture market with products and handicrafts made from wood taken from ecolabeled forests, a spokesman said.

 

Therefore, LEI as well as people`s forest management groups in Wonogiri district in Central Java and Gunungkidul district in Yogyakarta which already have ecolabel certificates along with the Indonesian Furniture and Handicraft Industry Association (Asmindo) had agreed to provide the furniture market with ecolabeled furniture and handicraft products, LEI`s communication manager Indra Setiawan said here Tuesday.

 

“Many furniture and handicraft industries keep on asking for products made from wood taken from forests which have obtained ecolabel certificates from LEI,” he said.

 

“Products which already have ecolabel certificates will enter the furniture and handicraft markets in the near future. After the Idul Fitri festivity, a store in Jakarta will have and sell furniture and handicraft products which were made from wood taken from forests in Gunungkidul and Wonogiri,” he said.

 

Realizing that Indonesian forests must be preserved, LEI began developing methods to manage forests in environment-friendly ways in 1994, he said.

 

“Ecolabel certificates will only be given to forest and forestry product management units which manage their forests through environment-friendly methods and allow local people to share the benefits of the forests,” he said.

 

An American Sustainable Furniture Council executive told a workshop in Jakarta last week that the US furniture and interior products market was now focusing its attention on products made of wood taken from environment-friendly and sustainable forests. The US furniture and interior product market was recorded at $84.2 billion last year.

 

Formerly, Indonesian Furniture Association chairperson Ambar Tjahyono said the cost of ecolabel certification amounting to Rp100 million was still considered as hindrance to the progress of the ecolabel certification program.

 

She said at least 40 percent of Indonesia`s furniture and handicraft exports was absorbed by the US, 45 percent by West Europe and 15 percent by East Europe and Australia.

Last year Indonesian furniture and handicraft exports reached a value of $2.4 billion, she said.

Ambar also said Indonesia`s furniture and handicraft industry needed about 10 million cubic meters of wood and was receiving a supply of 5.4 million cubic meters from state forestry firm PT Perhutani and 4.5 million cubic meters from public forests.

 

Here is the Principle to Choose Antique Furniture

Antique Furniture is different from other antique collection and furniture happens to be the most feasible and the preferred choice. None collect similar type of piece frequently.

It might have a particular fondness for the style defined or wood. This means that you only purchase and collect tables, chairs, chests, wardrobes and upload your house with wood or style.If you happen to own or collect antique furniture, you need to know the principles which the joint construction, the method, the various styles and painting technique. Therefore, we can decide if it is specific object â € œoldâ € old (true) or â € œnewâ € old (amended).When you are well informed on the principles, we can proceed with confidence to many auctions or antique furniture dealers. If you look beyond the product as a table or chest, donâ € ™ t reluctant to pull out drawers or any shares in order to examine areas that werenâ € ™ t visible.€ ™ t not to be afraid to get dirty, or youâ € ™ ll never understand.

And the start of production, was made from solid wood furniture, with the progress and procedures woodwork; ornaments using mobile veneers (thin sheets of wood) has been evolved.

In this way, there is a technique to generate affordable decorative effects and made inexpensive woods of similar age to expensive hardwood.

Some of the woods applied antique furniture are mahogany, oak, beech, ebony, cherry, walnut, elm, pine, satinwood, chestnut.

However, you should know the importance of principles when you specify the authenticity, age, quality, value and the price of antique furniture:

 Construction

During the 18 th and 19 th century, is constructed from antique furniture from different types of wood. Generally consists of two types of wood more expensive and less one. More expensive wood was used on surfaces that have been exposed.

 method Joint

Furniture will joints that are reinforced with the techniques of woodworking as battens, dowel, is carved by hand, or mortise and tendon.

 Condition

Do not neglect pieces with spots or stains, such as wood was not harmed. A good restorer can release surface spot. Furniture and faith perfect condition worth the higher price.

 color and patina

Patina is the shine of wood, after years of amassing Polish wax and dirt. A rich soft color is also an important feature antique furniture.

 Alteration

Revealing include alteration linked holes, cut in pieces large repositioned handles, just cut surfaces. Altered furniture is always less advantageous compared to the actual piece. Now that you know what to look for, the question is where to look for antique furniture?

After that, where you can hunt antique furniture?

In addition to dealers or auctions, you can use newspaper to look beyond if anybodyâ € ™ s is antique furniture. In this way, you might also come across a bargain.

In addition, you can find many sites on the Internet that trade in antique furniture and obtain satisfactory occasions on antique furniture.

In addition, you can find many sites Indonesia Furniture on the internet that trade in antique furniture and get satisfactory bargains on antique furniture.

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”