Training in Nawung, Gayamharjo

Introduction to a new Livelihood concept

Future business men….

Getting ready…distributing tools

First sewing courses

learning to use sewing machines

and getting theory courses with evaluation and how to work on designs

Quarry men becoming stone carvers

first courses…house decoration

learning to follow and read a design sheet

fifth course…creativity arising!

Check out the frog

Bamboocraft, a new world for baskets makers…

making a frame

Traditional ways to straighten bamboo

first bamboo crafts, mirror frame and bamboo tray

Learning to weave and to add finishes

Mirror frame nearly ready

What is next…?

Those pictures were just a summary of 5 courses which will be ongoing for 3 months.

Besides basic skills courses, they will be taught about designing and basic marketing.

Before the end of the training, we will organize a “picnic and auction” day in Nawung, where all our marketing contacts will be invited so that the community can have a direct contact with potential buyers.

Depending on the skills developed by the community, we will start assisting them in marketing.

Different ways are possible :-Berhingarjo market, -shops like Mirota Batik, -handicraft association (Asmindo)-local fairs (JEC-Jogja)-medium and high quality fair (Jogja fair

for international buyers)-creating ads in local newspapers-deposit stock in some chosen

restaurants-having their own shop on the main road

between Jogja and Solo-getting sponsored on websites by local

medium and big furniture and handicraft companies

-on a medium term, we can even think about opening shops in association with an NGO (ASB or other) in western countries

With which kind of products?

See next a compilation of products that are booming…

Bamboo marketable products - examples

Bamboo marketable products - examples

Stone marketable products-examples

Stone marketable products - examples

Stone marketable products - examples

Textile marketable products - examples

Trendy cushions

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