Reclaimed Teak wood as Recycle furniture in Rustic style.

A rustic-artwork of teak furniture in Jepara furniture-town, one among the Ethnic treasure of Indonesia furniture.


An Eco-friendly work in making Teak wood furniture in Jepara, Java, Indonesia. Reclaiming the Teak wood from the wreck of old wooden house, recycling into a remarkable furniture in Rustic Style of Nature-Artwork.

Teak wood is not only fame with its durable, hardwood and weatherproof , but also its stunning texture, the wood-lines are rich and hairy, even in its nature appearance.

This distinctive of teak-texture would be embossed by timely ages under the sun ray baked and rain water saturated, river or sea-water erosion. As if the nature works for an art-piece. Performing an artistic engrave on the wood surface. Known as A weathered teak wood piece by Erosion finishing.
One among the sophisticate Rustic range in teak furniture.

A tour to 'the Reclaim-wood, from wreck'y teak-house into Canopy Bed'.
Tired of reading text, below pictures would bring you an impression of the fabulous Teak's textures. (*:give your comment in this blog after see it ! )

SAKAGURU
canopy bed.
The merger of Erosion-Rustic's touch, 'Joglo'-Java ethnic's Archie, Naturalist-local Artisan and Heritage-traditional craftsmanship. Astonishing the bed with the Vocal Posters and Crown.




Reclaimed from recycling Teak of wooden house,
selected and assorted in piece by piece components.
an Optimum workmanship to build an X.O. Bed.
Vintage, Simple, Original, Premium !
It is Indonesian-furniture typical, the Java ethnic-furniture,
the answer of How is Indonesian furniture look like? not only the reproduction of European style?
The bed's design artwork of 4 posters and Canopy are adopted inheritable from Java's Wooden House 'Joglo', which are the main center structure of the house, known as Sokoguru and Tumpangsari. It been simplified without the atrium ceiling for the canopy, performing a bare and simple artline but really an Allure stuff.
This piece is a Minimalist concept yet it is Rich of wood's texture, soft as like the Silky Hair !
A Traditional work piece but adaptable into a Modern atmosphere of room's interior.


next photos, coming soon

1. The wreck of Teak House to recycle.

2. Assortment and selection

3. Reclaiming Teak: Cutting, Assembling and Enhancing


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Jepara Wooden Furniture as the supply resources of Indonesia Reproduction Furniture

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Jepara-town is the biggest supply-resources for Mahogany Furniture & Teak Furniture.

Most of Wooden Furniture, that been sold from Cities of: Bali, Jakarta, Jogjakarta, Semarang Solo and Surabaya, and other places of Indonesia are supplied from Jepara-town. Especially for the Reproduction Furniture in various European style of Replica Antique with its carving ornaments.

Jepara is the biggest "National center of carved wood furniture"in Indonesia.
Well known as "Carving town", where the Javanese ethnic as the majority and origin tribe in the town are blessed with the carving skill, It existing by descendants since 16th century.

This emerging sources were optimized by the English, Dutch, Australian and other westerners in 1985's. They converted the carving style into Replica antique for exporting Mahogany Furniture to Europe, it was "Chippendale style"as the first Antique Reproduction in Mahogany wood, that been produced in a mass production Industry scale, more than just a craft from villagers craftsman. The Hits of Chippendale's succes were followed by others style: Victorian, Queen Anne, Louis XV & XVI, Raccoco, Empire etc.

These European Patron of Replica Antique furniture had brought the knowledge of products and the collection for Jepara. Nowadays the products, the catalogues and photos were found and copies so abundant.
These two above resources are the main factors of: How Jepara was became a town of European Antiques reproduction furniture?!
Indeed, there are also many other resource factors that brought Jepara leading in Furniture business.

Jepara town in Statistic figure
Geographic: 1,000 Km2
People : 1,000,000
read more at :
http://www.jeparakab.go.id/index.php/2007092738/Potensi/Perindustrian/Negara-Tujuan-Ekspor.jpr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jepara
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabupaten_Jepara
http://hal.cirad.fr/cirad-00191168/

The Resources
Jepara furniture mostly are craftsmanship or handcrafted made with hand-tools or semi-machines. Only a few that been produced by full-machine

By statisic, year of 2005-2007 as below:
Craftsmen : 15,000
Registered company(furniture) : 3,223
Employer/worker : 120,000
Export range: 76 countries , 5 continents Worldwide
Export value : 100 Million USD per annual in average

Jepara-funiture, Supply resources :
Wood:
-Teak(Tectona G.),
-Mahogany(Swietenia Macrophylla),
-Mindi(Melia Azedarach L.) also
-Tropical fruit(=Mangoes, Durian, etc)
source of timber:
Plantation by State and private-sector,
sustainable resources.
http://hal.cirad.fr/cirad-00191168/en

Enterprises: (*)
38 Ex-patriarch or foreigner owned,
448 National or regional companies and
2,700s of local-traditional Small enterprises/private-sectors.
*: figure may change as dynamic variable factors
News to read :
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/06/15/jepara-administration-patents-99-wood-carving-motifs.html?t=1245216742

Founding Mother of Replica Furniture in Jepara !

In respect of Commemoration "Ibu Kartini", this posting is quoted:

Madame R.A.Kartini, the founding mother of reproduction furniture in Jepara!
In Dutch colonial era of 18Th century, Another woman for 'Emancipation' namely Raden Adjeng Kartini, the Mistress of Jepara Regent (=Bhupati), had revitalized the carving heritage by ordering a group of Craftsmen (Undhagi and Pawukir) to make furniture for Her.(=some of the pieces is displayed in the Museum 'R.A. Kartini", Jepara town).
Oneuni, Wooden Furniture of Jepara ..All about it !, Jun 2009You should read the whole article.

New design Wooden Furniture in Jepara !

A coffee break news quote :

CJS ..insight Jepara furniture

HAVANA-settee of dining table and chairs

..... It is simple but not empty and bare

A touch of Modern and Simple line to the Units. Yet it is not light and less of art line. With a semi-contemporary creation at the legs had brought the table's base as the center point. Its square and rectangle visual at side-view, the dark brown pieces are contrasting it. On the Top table, the four darker tiles of the leg's end had filled it as the accentual, making it not bare and empty.Oneuni, Wooden Furniture of Jepara ..All about it !, June 2009You should read the whole article.