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Visiting to Pottery Craftsman

Ever imagine or not if handicraft we found in metropolis city galleries come from simple craftsman like in Cirebon town. First target is Siti Winangun village, craftsman pottery center, if from Jakarta direction, exactly before Cirebon town. Its signs, roadway to Cirebon from Palimanan direction, turn left before large bridge and inside approximately 1 KM. rather difficult to find this place due to signs that this place pottery area very minim. Just some house at wayside sells pottery. Actually they are intercepts that is somebody who take goods from craftsman. So, where are craftsman selves?

Still Simple
In the reality craftsman home in the backside. After we go into inside then see grandfather, grandmother, mother making pottery. They make this pottery with simply method. With capital desk turn around, they do it front of home. Worker just 1 or 2 man each home, commonly family member which have old. For burning, they also use open oven which very simple. Craftsman sell the result to intercepts in unfinish condition and don’t take care anymore where will be sold theirs result handicrafts. If you are interested with process to produce handicraft, nice also to see how old hand skill make pottery. You can bit learn about making technique, or if you want to finish by your selves, buy directly to this craftsman to get cheaper price.

Other craftsman we visited is Nuryadi, more go forward. He has closed oven which can produce result burning more flatten. He also knows finishing knowledge which gotten from training in ITB. Goods result from handicrafts looked soo simple. But try to research more. Handicrafts like this often we found in metropolis galleries of course with price quite expensive.

Step to make pottery:
1. Clay from rice field given sand (have been sieved) in order not brken when burning.
2. A mixture given water
3. Dough ridden over by foot in order flatten mixture
4. Dough made with hand, with constructively appliance turn around. If needed, feet also handle to help it.
5. After become goods, pottery to be put to the sun.
6. Pottery burned in the simple burning. If burning oven opened, pottery closed straw in order get flatten burning.