Puppet Art and History

Puppet Art and History
Leather carving crafts especially leather puppets can be purchased at vending puppet can be called a craft that combines art and history of the making of shadow puppets. Why? Due to puppet making skin does not have to go through the process of learning a second, requiring perseverance, willingness to learn, a high and a sense of having a love of the ins and outs of puppet crafts. Shadow puppets as one of the heritage or heritage of the palace of Yogyakarta in particular is expected to be an example of heritage preserved and maintained for the continued existence of wayang kulit shadow puppets particular seller and the identity of the city of Yogyakarta in general.
Dumb is the name of a hamlet carving craft of puppet making kulitt which until now continues to defend the existence of shadow puppets that can be purchased at vending wayang shadow puppets especially Yogyakarta style. There'll find skilled and honed in making leather puppets can also be found through sellers shadow puppets. There were about 50 in the puppet shop artisans active in the field of leather inlaid decoration collected almost ten studio.The proximity of the center of Yogyakarta Gendeng leather carving or puppet shop, about 8 km south of the main route through the town and village tours Bantul Kasongan will make it easier for travelers to get to the location. Tourists who come will find a variety of shapes and models in leather puppet puppet crafts and see how the puppets are still modest and still awake ketradisionalannya processing, pattern making, Penatahan and painting or staining.Gendeng artificial leather puppets known as wayang kulit with good quality and a collection of many, such as museums, art shops, dhalang, and domestic and foreign collectors. Former President Soeharto, Gus Dur and Megawati is known as one of the collectors who collect shadow puppets made Gendeng Yogyakarta style.For tourists who want to go on, to visit the center in the hamlet of wooden crafts Krebet, kalurahan Guwosari, district famous for its display of various products such as masks, puppets, slippers, etc., pottery centers in the tourist village Kasongan primitive sculpture and craft centers in the villages Pucung , Pendowoharjo village, Sewon district. Gendeng hamlet located in the village of Pity Bangunjiwo district is approximately 8 km south of the city of Yogyakarta.