Copper Handicraft

There is a village that almost all of the residents make crafts based copper and brass in our small town, near the village where I was born, called Tumang Village.
This crafting early from production of household equipment like boiler, pot, pan etc. which its raw materials is copper plate, brass or aluminium. This effort walk hereditary which is there's only one in Indonesia

So far, the production of copper have represented one of the outcome of the masterpiece of society Tumang where this swan song have rounded into the industrial home as of society economics.
Copper, brass, and aluminium crafting yielded for example : water fountain, matting, bathtub, bowl, Jar, Calligraphy, hang-desk-stand lamp, mirror frame, relief, sink, furniture and utensil, and many more.

This crafting can be used as a home interior design, construction, mosque, church, etc. As well as decorative media, crafting this brass copper is functional also as such must its.

Easily accessible place, many of transport that can be used to the village Tumang. If perchance I'm on holiday in my village I certainly ready to accompany you to Tumang, see the centers of brass and copper handicrafts there. So, feel free to contact me anytime

Bakpia Pathok

Bakpia Pathok are small and round in the form of cakes from Indonesia, usually filled with mung beans, but recently have come from other landfills as well as (for example, chocolate, durian and even cheese). They are one of Yogyakarta's specialties named in this city (Pathok) in the event that these sweets were originated. These pastries are similar to the big Indonesian round pastries (pia) - the only difference is the size. They are commercially packaged in small boxes and are sold in many food shops in Yogyakarta.

Batik Course

When you visit Yogyakarta, you can not just buy and enjoy the wonderful work of art batik, but you have the opportunity to learn the art of production. Batik patterns of learning can make hand-made batik, printed batik painting and batik. Each site typically has its special master to teach batik. Of course, one day, which is usually divided into two sessions, you will learn all the processes of batik which generally consist of models, colors of cloth, wax and drying of dying.

The process is followed by color the fabric. The pattern of fabric with which it crosses in a bucket full of colorful agent. This process seems simple, but it is actually difficult, on the other hand, if batik color should be more than doubled. Batik Many artisans still use natural colors of some natural materials, but there are many players who use synthetic dyes.

After color depth, the process is followed by the death of the wax, or the removal of the wax linked to the canvas. Initially, prepare the boiling water mixed with soda ash, and finally crossing the cloth is to remove all the wax. If there is still connected wax, should be cleaned after the death process.

The last step is washing. When using the natural coloring agent, washing can not be done through the use of detergent can harm the color. After being washed, the cloth is dried in the sun indirect avoid discoloration. After this drying process, you can see the difference in color with batik natural coloring agent, the color tends to be less bright.

Yogyakarta batik courses in professional instructors to provide you competent, though with only a short course. Some places also have instructors speaking foreign languages, especially English, to help understand the lesson.

Shadow Puppet

When you spend the night in Yogyakarta while enjoying leather puppet show, you feel alive. The melodious rhythm of the gamelan in harmony with the voices of women singers will not let you sleep. The history presented by the dalang as the puppeteer, as well as the narrator takes you to be one of the characters in the story. You soon learn the greatness of Javanese culture in the past.

Shadow puppet show is a performance art that has been over half a millennium old. Their presence has its own history, in connection with the entry of Javanese Islam. This approval was made from shadow puppet show has been attached to the Javanese people so that they became good media to spread Islam, while Islam prohibits the visual arts. Consequently, shadow puppets are made so that people can see the shadow.

Shadow puppet show is performed by the puppeteer who is also the narrator who is possibly the best artist in the world. All night, he plays all the characters of the puppets of leather that form the human characters from buffalo skin decorated on the occasion of the proceeds of leather carving. He has to change the character voice, change the pitch, the production of humor and even sing. In order to live the atmosphere, the narrator is assisted by the musicians who play gamelan - a traditional Javanese musical instruments - and the woman called sinden singers who sing songs Javanese. The leather puppet show begins when the dalang pulls out a puppet in the form of a mountain called Gunungan.

Batik

Batik means wax writing. It is a form of decoration cloth covering part of it with a layer of wax and then dye the fabric. The waxed area retains its original color and when the wax is removed the contrast between dyed and undyed area makes the pattern.

Java is still famous for batik and traditional patterns, developed over centuries, remain part of Javanese dress, but very few are made by the traditional method of painting wax. This, in turn, has been rediscovered and put to use by craftsman around the world to find the freedom to work with liquid was, and control of color possible through dye, batik makes a unique and exciting half expressive work increasingly inch - all models over Eastern batiks are being replaced by images and imaginative designs of all kinds, which are sued to make soft sculptures and tapestries, murals, as well as decorations for clothes and household items.

Because batik applies hot wax, it needs to be done fairly quickly and this may produce a freedom (or loss of self-consciousness) that makes many people who think they can not draw find, to his astonishment, that they can . Of course, designs can be prepared in advance and for many things, such as borders and ornaments, this is necessary, but the designs drawn spontaneously in wax, or according to the brief sketch, can bring surprising benefits.

Crispy Fried Tempe (keripik tempe)

1. 600 gr tempe (fermented soybean)
2. water as required
3. 1/2 tsp slaked lime water
4. 100 gr rice flour mixied with 25 gr corn starch
5. vegetable oil for frying

spice paste:
1. 4 candlenuts
2. 1 clove garlic
3. 1 tsp coriander seeds
4. 1/4 tsp tumeric pow
5. salt to taste
6. 1 cm fresh kencur

direction:
1. Slice the tempe in thin 3½ x 5 cm squares. Set aside.
2. Mix the spice-paste together with the water and slaked lime water. Add the rice flour and cornstarch and blend till smooth.
3.Heat the oil in a wok, dip the tempe in the batter and deep-fry until it is golden brown and crisp.

Note: Make sure that the oil is not to hot, otherwise the batter and the tempe will not be done at the same time.