Crafts from Bali

Blog and photography by Peter Hemenway

Balinese are ver creative people in general and crafts are made not only to be sold as tourist products but often the crafts are directly related to the Hindu culture and religion.

Ubud, Bali is the town famous as an artistic center and many crafts are sold there in the many small shops. This is a leather basket stringed with beads.

Lamp shades are made welding iron rods for the structure and applying a paper shade with glued ornamentation.

Worker making a chair using a nail gun and compressor.

Assembled large wooden hammock stand is on display in Ubud.

Cleverly designed table that folds

This is one of the many candle holder designs that give off a unique glow in the dark with a candle light shinning through the cuts in the metal.

Wood is shaped like large eggs and then painted.

Painting on cloth. Often crafts reflect some aspect of the natural beauty of the Island.

Salt and pepper shakers are made from the poisons cone snail, found in Indonesia.

Shark’s tooth pendant sold on one of the beaches in western area of Bali.