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54 1. built up legs first, then body on the "perbot" or hand-turned wooden wheel 2. appliqued [[strikethrough]] decoration to body (body & legs hollow) 3. head applied & decorated 4. figure dried in shade, at least [[strikethrough]] a week (can be kept up to 1 year, acc. to Pak Buang, before pairing, as long as don't get wet) 5. fired a half day firing materials are twigs (kaya kecil), rice straw (damen), dry leaves of all sorts - firing only done once a month, firing materials purchased from people who collect & cpme around selling if a big firing use up Rp 1500 worth of materials, if a small firing Rp 1000 worth ((Masni didn't ask but steps 6 & 7 are probably refiring in case of black figures & vanishing in case of vanished figures.)) - large figure takes a single pengrajin 2 days to make ((no division of labor apparently)) - smaller house figure 1 day 55 - can make 2 flower vases a day -Pak Karyo's gubu[[strikethrough]]g doesn't make grabah, but said that a pengrajin grabag can turn out 15 kwali a day - tools at Pak Karyos place: 4 perbot 2 cukit (bamboo sticks, flat & pointed at one end, used in applique work 1 bucket [[strikethrough]] for water (clay must be kept damp, appliques moistened before applying) - Pak K. born & raised in Kajen; cannot recall any beginning of the industry, but says handed down from ancestors ("nenek moyang") - Pupuk began working on ceramics at age 5 but only the plain banks (celengan) without ukir tempel about age 10 learned ukir tempel technique ((came into the area about 1968 - check with Ngadio)) - father of Pupuk also a pengrajin; Pupuk began working at Pak K's