Australian Birth Warwick Purser sad point in a building that once ethnic Indonesia full of bric-a-brac and handicrafts made by villagers living in the suburbs hit by a royal city of Yogyakarta earthquake.
Showroom roof had collapsed, destroying pandanus handicrafts such as placemats, woven coconut shell and a bucket of ice terracota black plates that have made their way into department stores like Macy's in New York and Harrods in London.
Tembi, about 30 km (20 miles) south of Yogyakarta, is among hundreds of villages affected by Saturday's earthquake which killed nearly 6,000 people and killed more than 130,000 homeless.
The village is also the headquarters of Out of Asia, one of Southeast Asia's largest exporter of handmade products. Around 1,200 people live in Tembi and most depend on the company for their livelihoods.
"There's a reason for everything in this world. The tragedy in some cases can give us a different motivation. And, of course, my motivation now is to work harder to rebuild the country's economy," said company founder, Purser.
"The main objective is to try and get this activity occurred in the village again, so people can at least shut their minds this terrible earthquake that occurred and continue their lives. We must rebuild our workshop as soon as possible."
Purser founded Out of Asia more than 10 years ago. Company's annual sales of more than $ 6 million, with the United States became the main market.
Security company employees, although many were injured by the quake which destroyed most of the buildings in Tembi, including the Purser's 150-year-old house is a work of creation, and the architecture of Java.
In front of his house, a pavilion, a traditional open pavilion side, lies down while potted plants has fallen from the feet to the middle of the pond.
BATIK AND hyacinth
Java is the main production centers in Indonesia handicrafts, such as printed textiles, ceramics, bags made of reed-like grass and water hyacinth and terracotta vases sprayed with acid water.
Java is also famous for its batik or clothes made using "lost-wax" dye technique.
In Yogyakarta, widely seen as the center of handicraft industries in Indonesia, thousands of artisans working in various workshops in the city and surrounding counties.
Official data shows there are nearly 80,000 small and medium enterprises in Yogyakarta in 2005 with an investment of more than 400 billion rupiah. These companies include workshops producing hand-made.
There is no estimate of damage to the handicraft industry in Yogyakarta, but many ceramic workshops located in the hardest-hit Bantul.
In Kota Gede, just southwest of Yogyakarta and famous for silver, many old buildings collapsed.
"The ceramic workshop is flattened. I feel sorry for my staff. Now we may be unable to obtain raw materials such as grass and water hyacinth from West Java, because people there think Yogyakarta is totally destroyed," said Subowo, which has a batik and ceramics workshop.
The government says there are plans to assist Yogyakarta, which also depends on tourism.
"We have to do something like what we have done to Bali. There must be recovery plans in Yogyakarta," said Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said recently. He did not elaborate. www.alertnet.org
Showroom roof had collapsed, destroying pandanus handicrafts such as placemats, woven coconut shell and a bucket of ice terracota black plates that have made their way into department stores like Macy's in New York and Harrods in London.
Tembi, about 30 km (20 miles) south of Yogyakarta, is among hundreds of villages affected by Saturday's earthquake which killed nearly 6,000 people and killed more than 130,000 homeless.
The village is also the headquarters of Out of Asia, one of Southeast Asia's largest exporter of handmade products. Around 1,200 people live in Tembi and most depend on the company for their livelihoods.
"There's a reason for everything in this world. The tragedy in some cases can give us a different motivation. And, of course, my motivation now is to work harder to rebuild the country's economy," said company founder, Purser.
"The main objective is to try and get this activity occurred in the village again, so people can at least shut their minds this terrible earthquake that occurred and continue their lives. We must rebuild our workshop as soon as possible."
Purser founded Out of Asia more than 10 years ago. Company's annual sales of more than $ 6 million, with the United States became the main market.
Security company employees, although many were injured by the quake which destroyed most of the buildings in Tembi, including the Purser's 150-year-old house is a work of creation, and the architecture of Java.
In front of his house, a pavilion, a traditional open pavilion side, lies down while potted plants has fallen from the feet to the middle of the pond.
BATIK AND hyacinth
Java is the main production centers in Indonesia handicrafts, such as printed textiles, ceramics, bags made of reed-like grass and water hyacinth and terracotta vases sprayed with acid water.
Java is also famous for its batik or clothes made using "lost-wax" dye technique.
In Yogyakarta, widely seen as the center of handicraft industries in Indonesia, thousands of artisans working in various workshops in the city and surrounding counties.
Official data shows there are nearly 80,000 small and medium enterprises in Yogyakarta in 2005 with an investment of more than 400 billion rupiah. These companies include workshops producing hand-made.
There is no estimate of damage to the handicraft industry in Yogyakarta, but many ceramic workshops located in the hardest-hit Bantul.
In Kota Gede, just southwest of Yogyakarta and famous for silver, many old buildings collapsed.
"The ceramic workshop is flattened. I feel sorry for my staff. Now we may be unable to obtain raw materials such as grass and water hyacinth from West Java, because people there think Yogyakarta is totally destroyed," said Subowo, which has a batik and ceramics workshop.
The government says there are plans to assist Yogyakarta, which also depends on tourism.
"We have to do something like what we have done to Bali. There must be recovery plans in Yogyakarta," said Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said recently. He did not elaborate. www.alertnet.org
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