Kijiya “Wine stand”

This is a wine stand. Put the bottle neck in the hole, and it stands.

……I really wonder how it stands, but it looks very stylish and modern. The careful designed wine stand will surprise your guests on the table.

This wine stand has an elegant curve and a fine wood texture. The wood is used for furniture, so it is high quality and hard. You can choose your favorite wood from 4 kinds of wood. (more…)

Dago Tea House is located in Dago area at an altitude of 600 meters above sea level. Cool air make visitors feel at home relaxing and enjoying food and drinks here. You can pass through Jalan Ir. H. Juanda to reach this place until almost the north end of this road. When entering, you must purchase a ticket into the area Dago Tea House at IDR. 1000, – per person.

Although initially a place to drink tea and eat or restaurant, this place recently changed to Culture Park West Java Province. In West Java Cultural Park is often held a variety of artistic and cultural performances Sunda. Later it was renamed to Institute for Management of the West Java Cultural Park. (more…)

Borobudur temple is located in Magelang, Central Java, about 40 km from Yogyakarta. Borobudur Temple has 10 levels consisting of six levels of a square, three levels of circular hoop and a main stupa as a peak. At every level there are several stupas. Altogether there are 72 stupas in addition to the main stupa. In every stupa there is a statue of Buddha. Ten levels of Buddhist philosophy which describes the ten levels of Bodhisattva which must pass to reach the perfection of the Buddha in nirvana. This perfection symbolized by the main stupa at the top level. Borobudur structure when viewed from above form a mandala structure depicting the Buddhist cosmology and human thinking.

On the fourth side there is the temple gate and stairs to the level above it like a pyramid. This illustrates the Buddhist philosophy that all life came from rocks. Stone later became the sand, then into plants, then into the insect, and then become wild animals and pets, and the last to be human. This process is known as reincarnation. Last process is the soul and finally into nirvana. Each stage of enlightenment in this life processes based on the philosophy of Buddha depicted on reliefs and statues in the temple of Borobudur.

This giant building just a giant pile of stone blocks which have a total height of 42 meters. Each stone joined without the use of cement or adhesive. These stones are only connected on the pattern and stacked. (more…)

Borobudur is the biggest temple in Indonesia. Borobudur temple is located in Magelang, Central Java, in addition to being a busy tourist attraction visited, also a center of worship for Buddhists in Indonesia, especially on every Vesak celebrations. This is in accordance with the meaning of his name which is “a monastery in the hills.” Currently established as one of the Borobudur World Heritage.

Borobudur Temple History
Borobudur was built around 800 BC or 9th century. Borobudur Temple was built by the Mahayana Buddhists during the reign of Wangsa Syailendra. This temple was built in the heyday Syailendra dynasty. Founder of the Borobudur Temple is derived from King Samaratungga dynasty or dynasties Syailendra. The possibility of this temple was built around 824 AD and was completed around the year 900 AD during the reign of Queen Pramudawardhani who is the daughter of Samaratungga. While the architects who contributed to build this temple according to stories passed down through generations named Gunadharma. (more…)

Rattan is a palm tree that belong to this class. One function of rattan is used as a raw material for making furniture such as desks, chairs or other furniture. The use of rattan for furniture making are well known from the first. There are good things from furniture made from rattan, but you also must be good at doing maintenance to keep your furniture looking beautiful and durable.
Indonesia supplies 70% of rattan needs worldwide. Time filled markets of Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Most of the rattan from forests in Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Nusa Tenggara. Therefore, many rattan furniture used as raw materials, such as chairs, coffee table, and bookshelves. (more…)

Ceramic Art For Home Affairs
The main basic material of ceramic art is clay, which is one natural element. Nia Gautama artists pursue a spin-art natural materials that provide economic value.
The works that shaped three-dimensional Nia still carries a natural concept. Malleable clay, this has the properties that must be learned, including how the discussion that has to be right. The process of formation of clay until it becomes a work through several stages, starting from the dull selection of clay and not sand, its formative stages, the coloring stage through phase combustion. In his work, Nia uses dye as little as possible because they want to bring the natural color of clay. As a mixture of ceramic materials Nia using copper, cotton, wood, leaves and rocks that become decorative elements.
Although Nia educational background is an undergraduate economics, the art world was always caught his attention and encourage him to continue working in the world of ceramic art. Currently Nia start reaching into the world of contemporary ceramic art, not because they want to follow trends but Nia wanted to continue to develop his imagination through his work. “Artists should be able to think critically thinking about improving the lives of the people and what messages should be conveyed to the public, as a determination to continue to produce a work of quality,” he said. (more…)