Wood Carving Crafts (Labuapi Village)

Labuapi is one of a village which is well known as producer of wood carvings typical handicrafts of Lombok Island, ranging from wood carvings in desks, doors and so on, with characters carved are very beautiful from very strong woods. Most of the villagers in Labuapi livelihood as artisans carving and most of them have their own shop to sell their creation out of Lombok area even to foreign countries such as New Zealand, Australia, the Netherlands and the UK.

Wood carving crafts in Labuapi village is not just a wood carving at the table or the door only, but also in the form of masks and sculpture is an expression of individual craftsmen carved in the village. As for the craft of wood carving in Labuapi village has a unique style and has a very close relationship with the life and customs of the people of Lombok is Sasak. The beauty of the carvings made ​​a lot of admiration buyers. The combination of the coloring and complexion intricate carving handicrafts made ​​by artisans imitated Labuapi difficult than other areas.

In Labuapi village, you will find many choices of goods that have high artistic value, lizard carving pattern will often be found because it is believed that the style is distinctive carving style of Lombok Island. Here you will find the various kinds of goods ranging from goods that it has use value to goods used for sweetening interior room with an assortment of sizes and styles. The craftsmen typically using Mahogany wood carved to make various crafts such as sculpture and masks.

How to get there

To reach Labuapi village, you can get through from Lembar Harbour to Gerung. Within 15 minutes you've been going up to this place. Or if you are leaving from Mataram, you can use your private vehicle or rent a car/motorcycle in order to make you more freely visited one by one the art shops that exist in Labuapi.