Pekerti Foundation

Here is where you can learn about how our products are made; from batik to pottery to wooden bowls. More will come soon, but for now, here’s how our producers in Lombok make their pottery.

Artisan Pottery from Lombok Island

For over 500 years, the Sasak people of Lombok Island, where the Pacific and Indian oceans meet, have created earthenware pottery for their food preparation and storage needs using time honored traditional methods. Hand built using the coil method, skillfully shaped further with the aid of sticks or paddles, and then burnished with stones, the pots are low fired in shallow pits amidst a fire of coconut husk and grass. More…