Wood Carving

 Wood Carving

Bali is a beautiful place on a small island which is a tourist center in Indonesia, apart from its beautiful natural scenery, it also has its culture and arts and culture.

Wood carving crafts are one of them. Bali previously consisted of various kingdoms, namely 8 large kingdoms, namely:

Bali kingdom

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Badung Kingdom

Tabanan kingdom

Jembrana Kingdom

Buleleng kingdom

Gianyar kingdom

Klungkung kingdom

Bangli Kingdom

Karangasem Kingdom

which is famous for its art center is the kingdom of Gianyar. where the King of Gianyar loved art so much that one day he held an art competition, he invited all the art lovers in the Gianyar kingdom and there were 6 arts that he liked the most which have now become one of Gianyar's tourist destinations.

these arts are:

Tohpati, who has the art of designing clothes, makes motifs that are very famous for his dotted motifs, this craft is also called Batik craft.

Batubulan village is a village that has expertise in the art of stone carving as its name suggests, Batu means stone and Bulan means moon. Their skills are often used to build kingdoms and important temples.

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Celuk Village is a village that has expertise in making jewelry which was once entrusted by the king to take care of royal jewelry, and used for temples in the village.

Batuan village is a village that has the ability to make paintings, most of which are used by the government to decorate the Gianyar kingdom.

and the last one is Mas Village, a village which has the ability to make wood carvings and is trusted to take care of all construction with a wooden theme. 

and for the art of Batuan dance with its Gmbuh and Batubulan with its Barong Dance.

Mas Village

Mas village is a village that is very famous for its wooden crafts. in this area they have special skills that are very impressive, especially in the field of processing wood into very magnificent and characteristic carvings. 

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Not a few foreign art lovers, especially those who are basically artists, really like the rich results of this place, such as James Camerun, Mell Gibson and other well-known artists who find soul files embedded in the carvings of local artists which makes them ask for it like a valuable antique. .

This place was started by the very famous sculpture artist Ida Bagus Tilem who has a very elegant and refined style in his work so that his sculptures seem to have a life of their own. from an intangible piece of wood which leads the carver to delve into the shape of the wood to create a masterpiece.

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There are many works of art on the side of the road in this Mas village, but they are still very young in terms of artistry, and their wealth is predominantly based on plagiarism and what's worse at the moment is that they are no longer oriented towards artistic value but are oriented towards money or business so the soul entrusted through the wood is simply not even there.

In this village, these experts are indeed descended from previous artists who, during the kingdom's heyday, became ancient elders in building the kingdom with a wooden theme which was full of meaning and lessons in it which the artist wanted to convey to remind the king of the noble teachings of its people.

We will be guided through the manufacturing process when visiting this place.