Skin exotica Eggs

Another benefit is the egg shells can be used as decorative materials and furniture accessories unique. Who said the shell could not be useful as furniture or decorative accessories and even home?

Eggshell painted or carved into decorative, not less interesting to other materials. Teguh is Joko Dwiyono, designer and owner of the egg shell crafts gallery. Broken eggs discarded when his wife was cooking behind the man who also artists, to choose the media as an egg shell crafts.

However, to produce these crafts, Teguh took two years to experiment. "The skin had been removed eggs could be an interesting craft as space and furniture accessories.

Because the results of this craft has characteristics and philosophical values. Endurance shell also has extraordinary powers, "said Teguh to SINDO when found at an exhibition in Jakarta. Shell fire resistant, will not be eaten by termites or other pests, and resistant to change of weather. Similarly, when the sun, will not diminish the color. This egg shells as convey a special message to everyone who will use it.

Held that although fragile, but the shell has extraordinary powers like the proverbial great human uterus. Shell material used to make furniture and accessories industry is divided into three types of appropriation, namely handicrafts originating from domestic chicken egg shells, chicken egg shells, and quail. "Every election variety of shell materials that will make a craft show a different face," call Teguh, steady. However, each type of egg shell has a different complexion when applied to a craft product. Crafts from chicken egg shells land (broilers) raises a white complexion.

Raises free-range chicken eggs, black complexion ruddy. The black color comes from quail egg shell. To produce all this home decorating products, beginning with the cleaning process and remove the egg shell white layer of skin in it. Eggs are cleaned and then dried until completely dry. To have all the benefits it can function optimally, then the skin had dried eggs were taken one by one and then attached with glue in the media who will be crafts, either in the canvas, wood, glass, walls, until the ceiling.

Then the next step is the finishing of the sand until smooth. Wa Head of Administration is required to complete a decorative item shell depends on the medium and the difficulty of the process. The longest took one month to making a painting of the egg shell. To complete the medium sized one square meter, requiring 200 eggs. "Usually I get hundreds to thousands of pieces of egg shell was bought by the artisans of fried rice," he said without explaining what price.

According to the Teguh, handicraft products have been exported to the U.S. and Europe. Handicraft products derived from this shell material can be obtained by price range starting from Rp2.500 to Rp30 million. "These items suitable for use at home with ethnic style as its theme the concept of culture adopted archipelago. Just look using eggshells, "he advised. (www.buletinbisnis.wordpress.com)

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Wood Craft

EVEN growing trend of furniture, for some people, carved teak remained popular and became one of the options to decorate the interior of the house. Today most people prefer modern furniture interior trend was favored.

Tend to be more expensive though, turned out to furniture made of teak wood with plenty of choice and variety of models are still very delighted. Ethnic furniture art lover willing to spend more to get the teak furniture. Wooden furniture belonging to a powerful impression rise residential, luxury, and ethnic. Various options space trinkets, ranging from chairs, cabinets to dining tables are offered in the market of furniture or furniture stores also are choosing etnik. More design ethnic furniture with unique carvings, by special order. For example, carvings made of teak wood from Jepara City.

Jepara is a city that most people their livelihood as furniture makers and wood carving. According to ancient history, the people of Jepara's specialized expertise in the field of wood carving. However, as the times, the people of Jepara carving skills develop. Model Indonesia's carved furniture (Jepara) is generally much adapted from foreign cultures. "From the shape of the foot, back or his Medallion largely adapted from China or the French culture," said Ayu Sawitri Joddy, Interior Designers from PT Terra Wastu Kanaka.

There are various types of wood used to make furniture, ranging from Merbapu, teak, camphor, bengkirai, and much more. The higher level of wood drying, more durable and long lasting furniture that also. To select quality furniture, we should be more able to distinguish between the old wood material and young. In fact, many old materials, but the bell um long made (formed). According to Latief Zulfikar, ethnic furniture gallery owner House of Java, "teak wood material can also recycle a house from joglo." Teak wood that will be used to make furniture consisted of a variety of qualities.

Good teak with teak wood called super high numbers 1, 2, and also in age 3.Dari will affect the look of furniture produced. The older the better quality, it can be seen from the diameter of the tree circumference. To see the quality of the wood, namely the parts inside if there is a circle cut horizontal lines that indicate the age of the wood itself. "Usually if the wood is old age, will be out platinanya," he said. This is a kind of platinum released oil from the wood that serves to keep the outer layer of the wood. Formerly, people prefer to use ambalo, a kind of tree sap that is processed so that the color became more red wood.

By using ambalo, wood furnishings and luxury so much darker than the use of artificial layer. However, along with the development time, a layer of artificial tend selected for polishing the product. One of them by using relatively more expensive melamine.Althoughi, melamine can be polished and made of teak wood furniture is more durable. As for how to treat wood furniture bermaterial very easy, by diligent cleaning dust on its surface. Although for some types of wood require special care. When the layer of oil / platinum faded can be anticipated by rubbing, and then coating with one sirlak.Sirlak own that comes from India and some are coming from China.

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