brass workshop at bangli. supplier-browsing day.





afterwards we went to see the brass workshop owner’s uncle, who makes all sorts of stuff from old oil drums. he and his large family live in a big ranch inside a bamboo forest. it was the most amazing place.
how to actually get to the drums guy’s place:





wayan parsa is a simple balinese man but he showed no signs of confusion when three oddly-dressed women came to his workshop to buy old, beaten up drum tops and told him we were going to make a tray out of them, and asked if he could make it look more beaten up. he just grinned and said, “i get it, it’s style.”




his adorably simple place:









before we went home, he picked generous samplers of all the plants in his ranch and gave them to us as souvenirs. his japanese pumpkins (jipang) are exceptionally yummy.
bought the gong set (made of bent drum tops) and put them on the walls of the house. dudu loves it and poses on the sofa bed under one of the walls all the time.