The shopping potential in Lombok defies the mass-produced stream of goods a lot of us have begun to associate. Pottery, textiles, and basket weaving are the three notable crafts. This is a location where visitors should take advantage of local products that are high quality, handmade and unique. Highly skilled artisans create furniture, clothes and jewellery, the type of stuff you won't find on the mantelpiece of anyone else or at wardrobes back home. Meticulous work goes with a little compromise on the level of the item. The eye-watering price tags are few and far between. Then basically you'll pay less for more, as when in any overseas port, a fantastic way will be to venture down to a neighbourhood market. The island is packed with shops selling jewellery, furniture, crafts and various apparel. Sticking together with the island's theme, earrings can be seen in abundance.
Textiles and fabrics
The Sukara weaving village will be the centre of the cloth market of Lombok. The design of weaving is known as Ikat -- meaning to tie or bind-- utilizes resist perishing' process very similar to features and tie-dye symbols. It refers to power, wealth and prestige. Pringgasela (East Lombok) is another village in which weaving production could be seen and purchased. Regular items include wall hangings and sarongs, shirts, dresses. Ikat is generally worn by men, while Songket is worn by women, and is much more complicated and handed from generation to generation. As a consequence, it is more expensive but worth every penny.
Visiting Sukara Traditional Weaving Village is fun and intriguing. A local guide will demonstrate the entire process, from increasing the cotton, turning the thread, brewing the dyes, and weaving over the looms. You could decide if you want to purchase something.
Furniture
Indonesians are renowned for creating innovative aesthetics, particularly in the case of furniture. Using materials including rattan, teak and bamboo, a lot of the stuff created here is exported and in demand by westerners. In Lombok, you may as well see the goods firsthand and at a lower price. The juxtaposition of ability that is extreme and simplicity create these ethnic pieces harmonious when placed in an interior circumstance amongst other parts of furniture.
D-Jaya Furniture and Teak Wood Expert
Address: Senggigi Square Blok B/7
+62 370 693 149
Classic Furniture
Address: Jl. Raya Batu Layar, Senggigi Lombok
+62 81 7574 5200.
Jewellery
Lombok is a hub for a generation of jewellery. The beauty of pearls is that you shouldn't go in looking for them; they walk right up to you. Beach vendors take holes of beads, in a variety of shapes and sizes across the regions of the staircase. Lombok is known for producing the freshwater pearl. Then you will find approximately 15 pearl firms here, mainly dealing in wholesale, if you would instead get a receipt with your purchase. Coral pieces can be purchased or at one of the couple jewellery stores around the island. Afterwards, an accessory might be just the way to do it, if you want a special reminder of your time in Lombok.
M & L Pearl Shop Pearl, Jewellery, Gifts
Address: Jl. Raya Senggigi Lombok (Next to Jayakarta Hotel).
Pottery and Figurines
What makes the pottery produced in this region notable is originality and highly known for its markings. The process of creating these bits is one; one that hours and hours are placed on the creation of these handmade crafts. Banyumulek, Penujak and Masbagik are the three cities for pottery, each with their style and process. The growth in need for pottery by Lombok over decades may be accounted for by its flexibility and capacity with materials such as rattan, bamboo and various other textures. Lombok Pottery Centre 10km to the south of Lombok's capital city of Mataram is Banyumulek's village. Here, potters produce an extraordinary range of earthenware utilized, such as instruments for serving and preparing meals and house ornaments.
Address: Jl. Sriwijaya No. 111A, Mataram, Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat
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