Klaten is one of the craft-producing areas are quite large. Various handicraft items (handicraf) such as Umbrella Painting, Glass Painting, pottery, bamboo kerjainan, furniture and many more commodities produced by the community kejainan Klaten.
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| Bayat's Pottery |
One is in the village of Bayat. In this area known as a producer of ceramics. Various kinds of goods kermaik available, ranging from the piggy bank (a place to save money), pitcher (canteens), garden furniture, urns, to various forms of plagiarism ceramic objects from China.
Regional Bayat Klaten regency, Central Java and Yogyakarta Kasongan is somewhat similar, it is because the exchange of ceramic objects from Kasongan, Bantul, Yogyakarta, with ceramic products from the region Bayat, Klaten. There is cooperation between craftsmen Bayat with Kasongan. Many sellers in this area sell pottery from Bayat also sell ceramic products from Kasongan that mimic ceramic products of China.
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| "Kendi" |
There is a difference between ceramic products Kasongan and Bayat. If ceramic products Kasongan something like the Chinese such as jars and desk chairs, Bayat more products to manufacture more complex ethnic, especially in a more nuanced relief ornaments Java, with no shades of bright colors. However, ceramics from Bayat price higher than that of Kasongan. And we should not imitate each other even though each of the craftsmen can make it. The merchants here ceramics admitted often gets orders from foreigners who come to his house, ranging from garden lighting, variations jugs, bowls, plates, and others. Order any ceramic products ranging up to thousands of pieces of pottery.
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Nine students of Faculty of Arts Department of Ceramics, Kyoto Seika University, Japan, learned to make pottery ceramics with oblique rotation techniques of ceramic pottery artisans in Pagerjurang, Bayat. They learn in Bayat for a week.
Kyoto Seika University lecturer, Prof. Chitaru Kawasaki, said the arrival of his students to Bayat is because the manufacture of ceramic pottery with oblique rotation technique is not done pottery craftsmen in Japan. "Oblique rotation technique is among the most difficult thing to do. The artisans mostly using techniques straight rounds. By learning directly to this village, the students are expected to apply when returning to Japan later, "he said.
Effect of crisis and overwritten bombings in Bali, the traders here feel ceramics never again to get orders from foreign tourists. But orders from other cities such as Yogyakarta, Semarang, and others still exist, although slightly. They claim often receive orders from restaurants or cafes create an antique plates and bowls. It looks like the outbreak of cafe culture and coffee are also influential on orders mugs, bowls and plates in this area.
Bayat pottery have also been exported to overseas. Every two months or once a month there are always employers who send one kontiner various types of pottery and ceramic products most are for european market.
Despite the development of pottery Bayat already entered the world of ceramics were even able to create innovative products, it does not mean there is no longer a traditional potter. There are still many faithful craftsmen who produce various kinds of traditional pottery such as jars, piggy banks, as well as children toys, ranging from the pans, cups and more. With simple equipment faithfully produce jugs and piggy banks. Piggy bank valued USD 300 per seed and jug Rp 500 to Rp 1,000 per seed. They can produce 1,000 and 1,000 jugs piggy bank every month.
