Breathing New Life into Purwakarta’s Earthenware
Asep’s creations are just setting the earthenware industry in Plered, Purwakarta, West Java, in motion. This business keeps running in spite of the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic throughout the country.
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Asep Supriyatna
The creativity of Asep Supriyatna, 42, has managed to fashion earthen ornaments, once a target of skeptical response from people around him. Today, however, Asep’s creations are just setting the earthenware industry in Plered, Purwakarta, West Java, in motion. This business keeps running in spite of the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic throughout the country.
“Why take the trouble to make such (ornamental) earthenware, nobody will buy it. You’re better off crafting easy pottery with a surefire market.” Asep clearly recalled how some craftsmen had once responded to him directly.