Handmade Teakwood Serving Bowl, ‘Forest Slice’ (Indonesia)

Description

Beautifully carved from teakwood, this unique serving bowl combines modern design with elegant appeal. Indonesian artisan Putu Muliawan hand crafts the minimalist bowl using teakwood, one of the most durable and sturdy natural woods. The natural finish of the bowl allows the teak’s grain to be showcased.Product features: Dimensions: 1.7 H x 9.75″ W x 7 D Set Includes: 2 Piece Type: Decorative Bowl Product Features: Handmade Material: Wood Pattern: Solid Color: BrownStory behind the art:Hello, I’m Putu Muliawan. Friend see me as a diligent and honest man. I’m a married man with one son that give me more spirit to fight, improving our life quality to be better.” “I was born in Singaraja in 1986 from a farmer family. I’m the 5th of total 5 siblings. Since I was a little child I was helping my parents in the farm field.” “I was growing up in my hometown, Singaraja, an old harbor town located in the north coast of Bali. Most of my neighbors doing aren/palm leave weaving business. After helping my parents, I helped my uncle who runs the palm leave weaving business. We make table runner, place mats, coasters, bags and many more. The money I receive from this worked was used for my own school fee and also for buying foods.” “Graduated from a Senior High School. I started my own shop and selling weaving palm leaves for more than 11 years. Since this products not really selling anymore, I decided to add woods tableware in my shop. I coordinating with 1 person in the shop and 3 workers in Java todo the production. The materials we used are Sono, teak and sawo woods. The Sono woods availability now a little bit difficult. All of them are food safe in natural finish just sanded or just coated with olive or coconut oils. The tools we used are emery wheels, lathe and also sand paper. My inspiration for designs comes from whta our customers like and demand. I just improving my designs from their requests.” “I hope by joining Novica, Novica can help to develop our product quality and designs and also expand our market an give more orders from customers worldwide.

SKU 25448126-000-000 Material Wood Pattern Solid Color Brown Product Features Handmade Set Includes 2 Piece Dimensions 1.7″ H x 9.75″ W x 7″ D Model Number 279027