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Paralon pipes are usually used to drain water from one place to another. But in the hands of Zamzaria (55) who is familiarly called Edem, paralon pipes can be used as a beautiful craft with high selling value.
Starting from fad, Zamzaria never thought if the fruit of his creativity could be a source of his current income.
Initially after work, because I was a civil servant who worked in the fire department, so when I was on vacation. So I use that free time. I happened to be able to paint, then I tried to fad painting in a paralon pipe. It turned out that the results were quite good, "Zamzaria said to me when I visited his residence, Friday 4 January 2019 afternoon.
After continuing to experiment, Zamzaria finally convinced that his work had economic value. About a year ago, he decided to produce decorative lights from the paralon in the amount according to the order and model of the buyer.
The following video is how to make a paralon pipe as a beautiful decorative lamp:
I market my decorative lights through friends and then friends publish them on social media, Facebook and others. "From there, there will be orders," explained Zamzaria.
The man from Gampong Jawa, Idi Rayeuk, East Aceh Regency, Aceh Province, Indonesia is also happy to describe how the process of making decorative lights. "Paralon is chosen with transparent colors. The size is between 3 inc and 4 inc," Zamzaria said.
The selected paralon is then cut to size 30-50 cm or depending on the order. After being cut it is made like a butterfly, bird and flower motif. There are also forms of calligraphy, cartoon characters or according to customer desires.
"The more complicated the motive, the making takes longer. The making requires precision and patience. It takes patience because this is an art work," he explained.
Zamzaria decorative lights are sold at varied prices, ranging from Rp. 100,000 thousand to Rp. 350,000 thousand rupiah. The price depends on the complexity of the motifs in the decorative lights.
Well, that's the story of Zamzaria, the maker of decorative lights from the pipe paralon.
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