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Filled with 50 pages of rice straw paper pages, this journal is designed to inspire the environmentally minded. Komang Sulaksana crafts the journal by hand, weaving pandan leaves for the covers, and adorning the black fabric spine with cinnamon sticks and albesia wood blue flipflops. The Balinese artisan binds the notebook with agel cords.

Yudi Suardi in Bali designs and crafts a stunning decorative piece from two kinds of wood and blue-tinted glass. The artisan hand carves a patch of mushrooms from jempinis wood, using a base of benalu wood with a naturally flat bottom. A hand blown glass dish rests on top of the sculpture for all your small trinkets.

Painted with a beautiful combination of blue and red colors, Candra Suwitra's charming koi fish makes an irresistible piece of home decor. The Balinese artisan uses local jempinis wood to hand carve the fish, painting its features with delightful scale patterns.

Hand-drawn batik motifs invite Java's spirit of good fortune to your home. Evoking the region's enchanted mountains and volcanos, Retno Pratiwi's pule wood catchall reunites traditional elements around its leafy and floral patterns, enriched by a midnight blue hue.

Hand-carved from regional albesia wood, this mancala board is covered in vivid colors and intricately designed motifs. Balinese artist Gunadi utilizes parang batik, one of the oldest batik motifs in Indonesia. Parang comes from the word pereng which means slope. Perengan depicts a diagonal line descending from high to low. The unbroken intertwining S motifs symbolize continuity.

Replete with homespun charm, this pretty angel from Togog Suyasa in Bali is ready to contribute to your holiday cheer. The large ornament is carved by hand from albesia wood and painted in green and gold with a slightly rustic finish.

Crafted of handmade paper, this pair of photo albums features a large album and a smaller one, each accented with the wood relief of a pineapple on the front and a cinnamon stick along the spine, fastened with agel grass cord. Solid blue in color, the photo albums are made by Indonesian artisan Komang Sulaksana, opening to pages of recycled paper, rice straw paper, and doorslag paper, perfect for displaying photos and writing down cherished memories.

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

Let your mind wander to a scene of foamy blue water, rhythmically crashing into rocky cliffs. Each out-tide exposes an outcrop of jagged earth cloaked beneath the deep-blue ocean. It could be serene, or it could be an illustration of the power of the Earth's bodies of water. Made Sadia creates a stunning representation of tumultuous tidal-surges that fits on your desk with this handcrafted blown glass vase. Beautiful albesia wood is reminiscent of jagged rocks, while the clear handblown crystal takes on the nature of the tides for an eye-catching decorative piece that is the perfect addition to your home.

Because each vase is handmade, shape and size can vary slightly and tiny bubbles may appear within the glass. This exemplifies the hand-blown technique, making every piece a unique example of blown glass craftsmanship.