- MAS Village near Ubud has been well known for its quality woodcarving products.
- To visit this kampong of art, you can include it in your itinerary after watching barong dance permormance at Batubulan.
Mas Village in Ubud sub-district, Gianyar, has been a superb art village just like Ubud. When entering the Mas Village area, along the way you can see numerous art shops lined up offering various types of Balinese handicrafts.
This village has been well known for producing a variety of high quality Balinese woodcarving products, making it a popular destination for tourists and art collectors. Craftsmen here make diverse types of wood sculptures and carvings such as those on display in art shops.
Woodcarving Products
The art talent of wood carving possessed by these village artists has been passed down from generation to generation. Local wisdom as a source of inspiration is the main attraction. This effort can be seen from the results of their carving arts inspired by Balinese culture.
There are statues of Lord Vishnu mounting Garuda mythical bird, Lord Ganesha, masks and the like. Meanwhile, those with the theme of humans and their activities include humans and rooster, fishing humans, Balinese dancers and others.
Making a Visit
When visiting the village of Mas, you can witness the artists who are working as sculptors, and carvers. Hence, you can know how they produce a beautiful work of art with ultimate precision. Many of their quality works are sold to a number of Balinese souvenir shops, art-shops and even exported overseas.
In addition to making handicraft products to meet the demands of visiting tourists, they also make other products such as carved doors made of wood for export commodity to Asia, Europe, and America.
Visits to this tourism village are often included in guests’ itineraries after watching a barong performance at Batubulan. Then proceeded with visits to Mas Village and Ubud as well as other destinations in Central Bali such as Kintamani.
Here you can find good quality works that can be used for interior decoration or souvenirs for family or relatives. Due to this matter, Mas village handicraft has become popular among tourists, travel agencies, tour guides, tour drivers and Balinese people in general.
Mas Village sculpture and carving products are often used as Balinese souvenirs. What about the price? It varies ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of millions of rupiah. The price of wood sculptures and carvings at Mas Village varies greatly depending on the wood material, the value of the art, the size and the level of difficulty in making the work.
Artist figures
One of the big names behind the fame attained by Mas village as a center for sculpture crafts is the artist Ida Bagus Nyana and his son Ida Bagus Tilem. They have produced a wide variety of wood carvings of the highest quality.
