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The most widely used wood available in Bali is called Bangkirai, which is a log cut down from the dense forests of Borneo.
It is also called Selangan batu in Indonesia and (Yellow) Balau in Malaysia.

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This large tree is cut from the log at a woodworking shop in Bali as shown below.

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Sawn Bangkirai lumber is sold by the roadside.

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Bangkirai is used in applications that require strength and durability, such as sills, foundations, instrument handles, heavy structures, sleepers, bridges, and wooden decks.

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The table top is made from a single piece of wood without any seams, and is then processed into a finished product.

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A well-worn bench made from a single piece of wood with no joints.

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An antique bench made from a single piece of wood without any joints.

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The trunks of trees thinned in Bali are cut into rings and made into tables.

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There is a store that makes and sells tables using irregularly shaped thinned wood that would otherwise be thrown away.

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Using thinned wood, a table was created and used in the reception area of the hotel “Ubud Green” designed by the author.

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Various shaped seating stools made from thinned wood.

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There was also a workshop that made furniture like this.

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The base of the palm tree is hollowed out to create a cavity and used as a flower bed.

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A wooden parquet wash basin.

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Wooden storage case for bathroom amenities used in hotel bathrooms.

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An old wooden pillar salvaged from an abandoned farmhouse in Java. Some customers are curious Western tourists.

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This vine is found in tropical rainforests and grows by wrapping itself around the trunks of other trees. As a result of its growth, the tree it is wrapped around (the host) gradually becomes unable to live in and withers and dies. As a result, only the vine with a hollow cavity survives. It is then dried, cleaned, and made into a product.

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The strangler trees that wrap around their hosts seem to inhabit the forests of Bali in large numbers, and many shops with large stocks of it are scattered along the so-called “tourist route” from Ubud to Rice Terraces.

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At the end of Sunset Road in Bali, in the Kerobokan area, I discovered a workshop that recycles wood chips. The objects they were making there were quite artistic.

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If you put a light bulb inside, it becomes a lighted piece of art.

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After cutting down a large tree, they dig up the remaining roots and turn them into works of art. This is the true essence of the Balinese.

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The roots of the tree were modified to create a work of art. Balinese woodwork carvings have a sense of humor.

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It is used as a material for artworks.

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Dried stalks of reed grass.
When used as a partition in an interior space, it can create a soft atmosphere.

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I found some vines collected from the rainforest and tied together. When placed on top of an uplighting fixture embedded in the staircase, it becomes an indirect lighting piece of art.

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Balinese woodcarvers continued to hone their skills as they continued to make sculptures for the temple.

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I found a playful wooden bell that was placed at the entrance of a hotel near Ubud.

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