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A city of temples stands atop this jewelry box from Bali, handcrafted of recycled magazine and newspaper for an eco-friendly addition to any home. Riris Simanjuntak designs the jewelry box, which opens to a water hyacinth fiber interior, featuring six open compartments for storing delicate jewelry.

Sunshine and green leaves appear in windows, the images adorning a beautiful photo album. By Komang Sulaksana, it is handcrafted of natural fibers. Pale banana bark brings its textures to the cover. Inside, 20 pages of rice paper hold four 4 x 6 inch snapshots each. The covers are bound with agel grass cord tied around cinnamon sticks.

Each photo album in this pair invites you to explore cherished memories, featuring a solid green color and accented with a wood relief of a pineapple on the front and a cinnamon stick along the spine, fastened with agel grass cord. Handcrafted by Indonesian artisan Komang Sulaksana, these large and small photo albums open to pages of recycled paper, rice straw paper, and doorslag paper for storing photos and writing down anecdotes.

The large album holds two horizontal photos per page; while the small album holds one vertical photo per page.

Fatchurohman of Java designs a journal with handcrafted recycled paper and a bold cotton cover made via a technique called kolaste, in which batik fabric is cut into strips and then woven together. The saffron and black cover sports a traditional Indonesian gedheg motif resembling woven bamboo. The journal is held closed with a black elastic cord with a medallion stamped with the letter "F," embellished to also form an archer shooting toward a star. With unlined pages, the journal can be used for writing or sketching.

Fatchurohman of Java designs a journal with handcrafted recycled paper and a lively cotton cover made via a technique called kolaste, in which batik fabric is cut into strips and then woven together. The crimson and linen white cover sports a traditional Indonesian kawung motif of rows of encircled concave diamonds. The journal is held closed with a black elastic cord with a medallion stamped with the letter "F," embellished to also form an archer shooting toward a star. With unlined pages, the journal can be used for writing or sketching.

Fatchurohman of Java designs a journal with handcrafted recycled paper and a cotton cover made via a technique called kolaste, in which batik fabric is cut into strips and then woven together. The cadet blue and linen white cover sports a traditional Indonesian parang motif of rows of stylized curved swords, called "tongues of fire" by the Javanese. The journal is held closed with a black elastic cord with a medallion stamped with the letter "F," embellished to also form an archer shooting toward a star. With unlined pages, the journal can be used for writing or sketching.

Bring warmth and whimsy to your desk with the spectacular accessories from Indonesia featured in a delightful gift set curated by the NOVICA team. A face with a prominent nose is the perfect resting place for your eyeglasses in a charming holder expertly hand-carved from suar wood with a dark brown finish. Evoking the majesty of Indonesia's temples, a rectangular photo frame with a multitude of mesmerizing spires is expertly handcrafted from recycled paper for a striking, eco-friendly addition to your decor. A linen paper decorative box is inspired by traditional Balinese patterns and motifs, boasting a polyester lining to keep essentials safe and adorned with exquisite aluminum accents on the lid’s corners along with mirror and blue bead details beautifully set on top of a gold-toned, intricate cardboard openwork.