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Bird bones, fish bones, beef bones to which usually turns out to be useless garbage as well. See, in the hands of Tri Bawono Beni, the bones turned out to be harnessed into a work of art that can bring in dollars. From the bone too, Ben was able to create miniature bicycles, motorcycles, dragons, and various jewelry.

Crafts cow or buffalo bones are popular in Bali. However, anyone who thinks the bones of chicken or fish can also be turned into works of art are interesting and can suck dollars. But, that's evidenced by the Beni Tri Bawono, bone crafters from Boyolali, Central Java.
In the skilled hands of Beni, the bones are supposed to be useless transformed into miniature rickshaws, miniature bicycle, miniature Harley Davidson, to the miniature sailboat and dragon statues along the 1.5 meters high and 80 cm.
Beni said, he wrestled with the beginning of the bones after he lost his job in 1998 ago. Well, so do not become unemployed, Ben took the initiative raising catfish.
However, the initiative was disbanded after a catfish pond after draining, Ben finds the bones of chicken and poultry feed used catfish. In the minds of Beni at the time, the bones can be assembled into an attractive miniature variety. "Since that's my struggle with bone begins," said Beni.
Beni admitted no trouble getting the bone to craft raw materials.Because in the shops around her home is very excessive bone waste. Moreover, Ben also uses other than chicken bones, such as fish bone to bone a duck.
How to make miniature Beni is also unique. He could not change the shape of the bone but he's adjusting it with a miniature bone shape that he wants to create. For example, motorcycle saddle, he crafted from chicken backs, bicycle tires from the neck bone, the bars are made from the wing bone fracture, while steering from the duck bones.
The process of combining together the various bones that would take time. Beni said, to create a miniature bicycle, he at least took the time to 15 days. As for the dragon a more complicated form, the work can be up to four months.
The process of making miniature itself begins with cleaning the bones of the remains of meat. To conserve power, the results of the bone hunting at night in the food stalls that he threw the catfish pond behind his house.
After three days, the bone was removed and soaked in formalin water during the day and night. Furthermore, sun-dried bones to dry and white with occasional spraying formalin.
Well, the bone is completely dry and then glued together with glue in accordance with a pattern of bone. Once finished, as a finishing touch, the circuit was sprayed with cleaning fluid and washed with a dye pearls. To give added value to its products, craft was put into a glass box.
"Glass Box is also our own cut and deliberately formed to be opened. It's so easy to clean with a miniature spray cleaners only.Origin is not in damp places, this craft can last longer, "said Beni.
Although somewhat unique, the product marketing claims Beni miniature of the bone is still hobbled. He could only expect from exhibition to exhibition which is usually held in Yogyakarta or Jakarta. "Usually once a show can sell up to 15 units," said Beni.
Ben himself had aspired to his art gallery's. But unfortunately, there has been no capital. "To make the works on display in Jakarta alone, I had an all-out. Money from the sale of catfish almost all capital is used to make crafts," Ben complained.
Beni sell the cheapest miniature works for Rp 250,000 to Rp 1 million. However, for the miniature dragon he membanderol prices starting at USD 2.5 million to $ 10 million, depending on the level of complexity. According to Beni, the price is so high that an appreciation of creativity.
Although direct marketing hobbled, Beni was broke. With help from his cousin, Ben offers a variety of miniature it over the internet. In cyberspace, the Beni create a blog that contains photographs and brief narrative about the craft and bone products in http://www.boneart-tlatar.blogspot.com www.boneart-tlatar.blogspot.com.
"I still feel this craft unique and valuable. I hope after the marketing could be more widespread, I can invite people to join him in the village. Throughout there is creativity, there is a way, "said Ben eagerly.
As with the bone craftsmen from Bali, Ida Bagus Made Astika.However, these artisans use beef or buffalo bones for use as raw material for making jewelry. "From the bones that I can create earrings, and bracelets," said Astika.
Astika admitted, bone homemade crafts that many consumers demand for domestic and foreign tourists. "Usually within a month I was able to sell the earrings for as many as 20 pairs of Rp 300,000," said Astika.
Craft market is the largest bone is coming from foreign countries.Even before the crisis of 2008, Astika able to export bone earrings to the United States and Europe. Once he's exports could send 8000 pairs, but now can only send 100 to 1000 pairs only.(Bambang Rakhmanto / kontan)source: kompas.com
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