Bhoma Bali: The Guardian Face Carved Above Every Temple Gate
Bhoma Bali temple gates almost always carry the same fierce carved face above the lintel: bulging eyes, bared fangs, and a mouth caught mid-roar. That face has a name. Bhoma is the guardian figure Balinese carvers place above temple thresholds to stand between the sacred and the ordinary world, a role tied to a specific […]
Balinese Temple Gate Wood Carving: Candi Bentar & Meru Shrine Explained
Balinese temple gate wood carving: hand-carved candi bentar split gate and meru shrine sculptures from Rp1,850,000, direct from Arts of Bali, Seminyak.
Balinese Dancer Wood Carving: Oleg, Kebyar Duduk & Janger
Original Wood Carving · Seminyak Gallery The music stopped decades ago.The pose never did. 8 Original Pieces Rp 1.25M–2.25M Price Range 3 Dances Oleg, Kebyar Duduk, Janger Quick Answer: A Balinese dancer wood carving is a hand-carved wooden sculpture that reproduces a specific pose, costume, and headdress from one of Bali’s classical dances, most often […]
Wooden Animal Sculpture Bali: Hand-Carved Ducks, Turtles, Dolphins & More
Wooden animal sculptures from Bali are hand-carved decorative pieces in suar or albesia wood. Arts of Bali carries 18 original pieces, from Rp 220,000 duck figurines to a Rp 2,400,000 seashell centerpiece.
Wood Carved Dog Sculpture Bali: New Arrivals at Arts of Bali, Rooted in a Sacred Carving Tradition
Wood carved dog sculpture Bali pieces are hand-carved dog figures shaped from solid wood by artisans trained in Bali’s much older tradition of temple and mythological carving. In July 2026, Arts of Bali welcomed its first wood carved dog sculpture Bali arrivals, a French Bulldog in two finishes, a Dachshund, and a seated English Bulldog, […]
Garuda Wisnu Kencana Wood Carving: The Ramayana Story Behind 7 New Relief Panels
Garuda Wisnu Kencana wood carving depicts Lord Wisnu (Vishnu) riding the mythical eagle Garuda, one of the most recognized sacred images in Bali, hand-carved by local artisans as standing statues or as low-relief panels set into a carved forest scene. The same subject inspired Bali’s 121-meter GWK statue in Ungasan, though the wood pieces in […]
Balinese Mask: Barong, Deity & Relief Panel Wood Carvings
Original Wood Carving · Seminyak Gallery Faces carved to guard a doorway.Now carved to guard a wall. A standing figure gives you time to walk around it and take in the story. A mask doesn’t have that luxury — it has to read in a single glance, which is really the whole design problem a […]
Wood Carving Bali: Authentic Hand-Carved Sculptures
Original Wood Carving · Seminyak Gallery Carved by hand.Shaped by centuries of knowing how. “A painting shows you what the artist saw. A wood carving shows you what the artist’s hands knew.” — Putu Sucipta, Owner of Arts of Bali Wood carving Bali artists produce at the highest level is not craft tourism. Stand in […]
