Ceramics

I wanted to share a neat experience about a local pottery village I went to a few weeks ago.  After a long 2.5hrs in the car through tiny streets filled with hundreds of people, we finally made it to Mustika Keramik.  This small factory still until this day makes all their ceramics by hand, no machinery on site.  And we're not talking little vases for your table, there are 6,7, even 8 ft floor vases which have to be done in 5 stages to complete.  Some of the employees have been doing the same job for more than 50 years.  The crazy part of this experience was after the tour was done, and we were then able to purchase their works.  After watching how much physical labour goes into each vase, I was taken back by the fact that I was paying $15 for a 3ft floor vase.  Once done at the factory, we also stopped along the streets where other small shops were selling their ceramics for the same prices.  A very eye-opening trip (and a trunk full of ceramics!).