Bali News

At the hand of carved artist in Gianyar Bali, house door is transformed into art commodity with high value selling. Balinese unique carved door now becomes part of foreigner collections starting from Asia, Europe up to United State of America.

The workshops of Balinese carved door at Batubulan village Gianyar, that is belong to Ketut Pradnya has 75 carving labors who had operated since 1987.

The making of Balinese carving door is begin with design drawing onto a plain wooden door. Drawing motive that will be drawn onto the door is full of Balinese motives such as patra, flowers, wayang up to exclusive motives based on customer order.

After went through drawing process, the door made from teak wood will get starting through carving phase. The carving process would use various size chisels according its shape and design.

“The making of one Balinese carving door is depend on its size. Level of difficulties also influenced the finishing length,” said Nyoman Sari, the operational manager of this carving business.

After it finish, one Balinese carving door is entering the market area starting from IDR 9 million up to IDR 100 million. Per month profit would be between IDR 200 to 500 million.

“Our carving wood production also get order by art lover from several cities in Indonesia. Besides had Indonesian marketing, the Balinese carving door also bought by foreign art collector from Asia, Europe until USA.”

News by Berita Bali