• Fortunately carved script of Wooden Carving

    Date: 2006.02.10 | Category: business and finance | Tags: ,,

    It is sometimes very small into something promising for a business. For example a business making wooden alphabet (wooden letter). At first glance this business but it really does not convince the market of large wooden letters.

    One of the seasoned wood akasara makers in South Jakarta area of Sri Ulujami Wienarto have started this business since 1979. He also not only create characters for the sake of the sign but he also made several other works such as calligraphy carvings, furniture, frames, miniature musical instruments, accessories and other

    Father of two children was admitted business making wooden alphabet is promising because, apart from its competitors is rarely, he has had a steady market as property developers for making a house number, street address, etc..

    In addition, the general market as teenagers, students also like to use wooden characters, including the user’s public houses, offices and shops to the interest Asesories and signs.

    “Frankly the request letter was done, we get overwhelmed,” he said while talking to Sri detikFinance last week, in Jakarta.

    Through the help of 15 of its workforce and help his beloved wife Siti Muthmainah, at least she had succeeded in selling wood products to script some regions in Indonesia such as Java, Bali, Batam, Makassar and others. Although until now the products have not penetrated the wood alphabet export markets, but for calligraphy is often exported to Middle East markets, Africa, Europe and Asia.

    Sri said that over the years, he sold the script standard size timber (10 cm) per fruit reached USD 8000, but there are several other products with the brand character fancy packaging it for sale to Rp 23,000 per fruit in the supermarket. As for literacy measures only 25 cm he sold Rp 50,000 per fruit.

    “The price of the most expensive I’ve ever sold Rp 2 million, with a size of 3 meters to board a restaurant,” he said.

    Running a business is practically tricky because Sri claimed to have customers still need time, while the general buyer usually he serves through his showroom at Mangga Dua Jakarta.

    Concerning raw materials, business letters are relatively easy to get wood for teak container former Dutch readily available from several suppliers in Jakarta. Sri usually will choose Dutch teak wood which is still in the smooth condition so that products produced literacy perfectly smooth.

    “To be honest I just took the margin 50% more because of this somehow works of art,” he added.

    He admitted though it was often made of wood characters decades but until now there has been no specific standards for making these characters. All the characters he created just rely on the experience and feelings, even to length characters usually have a certain size such as 10 cm, 17 cm, 50 cm and others.

    “The size of a standard letter was not specific, but I often sell a 10 cm,” he said.

    As a result of the effort to make this script, at least a minimum gross income of USD 50 million every month he could pocket a net profit of at least Rp 15 million per month. “Business is an important character marketing,” he said