You are on holiday to Bali and want to buy souvenirs made of gold and silver? Then come to Celuk Gianyar Village. In this village Celuk began to be famous since 1976 as a place of silver and gold craftsmen, everything that smells of gold and silver presented with a variety of shapes and designs. Not only the shape is diverse, the quality is very high.
The high quality and uniqueness of the shape and design owned, making gold and silver Celuk village demanded to the international level. Cool again, visitors who come to the Village Celuk not only used as a place to buy various crafts from silver and gold. But here the tourists are also allowed to witness the process of making the craft.
This will certainly be a unique experience for tourists. A free show where tourists can see first hand the process of making the craft. Starting with the heating process, silver raw materials originating from Kalimantan and Java are cut and then formed according to the design motif.
After that, the finished product is sweetened like knick knacks, precious stones, and others. Go to the final stage, so that the product looks more attractive then done the process of smoothing, cleaning, and polishing. This has become one of the attractions for Celuk Village. Every tourist who visits will be given the opportunity to see first hand the process of making various crafts from beginning to end.
The price offered varies depending on the complexity of the shape and design. Some jewelry in the form of rings, bracelets, earrings, necklaces, pendants to brooches you can find in a variety of unique forms. In addition, they also make some products related to kitchen utensils such as plates, cups, spoons, forks, glasses, and so on. Even here there are also some miniature of silver, such as motorcycles, boats, cars, delmans, and various other silver ornaments such as fans and kris.
At the time tourists come to this village, along the road Celuk Village there are some shops that display the handicrafts of the villagers. Tourists can visit the store. The shop waiter will kindly serve and answer all the tourist questions. So interesting the result of silver and gold, it is so tempting inspire a sense to immediately buy it.
Uniquely, although it has been labeled the price, but the product is still negotiable. If tourists are good at bargaining prices then can get prices with discounts up to 25%. However there are some shops that do not allow tourists to bargain (price fitting). Based on information from locals, it is actually the price tag just as a benchmark price for foreign tourists, so without having to explained by the shop waiter, they have understood the price of the product offered.
Here are some of Bali’s top jewellery crafting centres where you can go on a brief workshop and showroom tour and even pick up the art of silver making, from granulation to soldering, and down to the final polish :
Here are some of Bali’s top jewellery crafting centres where you can go on a brief workshop and showroom tour and even pick up the art of silver making, from granulation to soldering, and down to the final polish :
Sunaka Jewelry
This company was established in 1979 by I Ketut Sunaka himself, with his wife Ni Wayan Sri Sulastri. Silver and gold jewelry was often used in the religious celebration and among the royal family. They always do the best to produce only the finest and elegant silver and gold, to preserve this heritage from their ancestors, to be passed on throughout generations. until now, I Ketut Sunaka had employed more than 50 silversmiths around Celuk Village. Their newest collections is Ombak Segara Collection, which is inspired by the ripples of the waves in the ocean of Segara in Kuta, Bali. The technique used to make this collection is traditional one called “Bun Jawan”, which denotes a combination of filigree and granulation methods.
Address : Jl. Jaga Raga No.28B, Celuk, Sukawati, Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali 80582
The name Prapen is derived from the Indonesian word Perapian (forge) - the workshop of a metalsmith. Prapen is owned and managed by a member of the Pande Mas, the ancient clan of Balinese smiths who worked with precious metals. The family business was started four generations ago by one of the first silversmiths to sell directly to tourists from the cruise ships that docked at Padang Bai. Today, Prapen has evolved into a centre of excellence for traditional Balinese metalsmithing with an international clientele that recognizes the exquisite quality of its creations.
Address: Jl. Jaga Raga No.66, Celuk, Sukawati, Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali 80582
Phone +62 361 291333 ~ Website http://prapen.com ~ Location Map : Here
How to get there:
Celuk Village is located in Sukawati District, Gianyar Regency, Bali. If taken from Ngurah Rai Airport takes approximately 1 hour drive through Jalan By Pass Ngurah Rai to the east.