Handcrafted Sawo Wood Hair Pin from Bali - Konde Arts and Crafts knife and spoon

knife and spoon

a creature that combines the aspects of several real and imaginary animals

stirred or in any other fashion

Vibrant green swirls across these elegant glasses

which he crafts of ceramic and paints by hand with intricate designs and floral motifs in the style of Talavera handicrafts

Handcrafted Sawo Wood Hair Pin from Bali - Konde Arts and Crafts knife and spoonThis simple hair pin is hand carved of sawo wood. Made Sumerta from Bhakti Senang Hati crafts the piece by hand. 'As a child, I suffered poliomyelitis, which weakened my legs and I can't go anywhere myself,' the artisan says. 'But I am able to create something useful and beautiful with my own two hands. Balinese ladies use hairpins whenever they pray to the temple. My Mother and wife use this kind of hairpin.' He names it Konde, an Indonesian word