MARBLE TULUNGAGUNG

Marble is one form of craft that has been made famous Tulungagung to go abroad, if not because there is probably not a lot of marble stones are familiar with Besole village and village in the district Gamping Campurdarat, Tulungagung district. Because both this small village is one of the village with barren soil, heat, and it is also far from downtown. Because that’s undeniable that some of the residents of both villages is to go into town because it is difficult to find revenue in their own village.
This new village will be seen by outsiders when there are tourists visiting the beach this resort south coast is famous for its waves Nyi Roro Kidul. Because the coincidence of this village location Popoh one path to the beach. At mile 15 of Tulungagung to the beach can be found here Popoh Besole and Gamping village. But since increasing Marble handicrafts industry in these two villages, and Gamping Besole name not only recognized at the provincial level, but was out to foreign countries. Countries such as Japan, Korea, Germany is the largest country to the marketing of this marble industry. In our own country and Gamping Besole handicrafts can be viewed in the form of home appliances, hotels, offices and others.
Stone Marble and ONIX indeed has transformed this rural community. They were originally only as a farm worker status is now being turned into a craftsman. Who originally went to town when the famine, is now more at home in the village. More than 60 percent of the population of both villages are switched professions into marble and onix crafters. On average they have two to three machines machine for smoothing marble. The rest become workers in the industry and this marble handicrafts. In addition to absorbing workers from nearby, handicraft industry is able to attract workers from surrounding cities such as Psychology, Blitar, Pacitan and the surrounding area.
In addition in the form of furniture that are easily found in households, offices and hotels, marble stone handicrafts Gamping Besole and this was also the subject of asphalt mixtures, cosmetic raw materials and mixed fodder.
Regarding the second craft villages are mostly goods made from stone onix consumers preferred because the color can be translucent, yellowish, cream, or bergarisgaris like tree roots. This stone sounded like the natural stones that have not been touched in technology, that looks antique.
For marble handicrafts, artificial marble and Gamping Besole villagers are sold to various cities in Indonesia, both in the form of block or powder (mill) or terrazzo (head of tiles) to mix cement. Regarding the ideas about the end result of this rock craft most of the workers got the idea from a variety of ways such as from broadcast television so these workers are able to follow the tastes of consumers. With more and more variants are generated, the konsumenpun also more and more especially if they can produce unique and there are no competitors.