In Reply to: Good quality jewellery? posted by andrew40 on Wednesday, 23. March 2005 at 10:57 Bali Time:
Congratulations and best wishes. May all your future troubles be little ones (and may you live long enough to repay them in kind).
The following information might help and Herself would particularly recommend Mayang Bali where She spends a lot of my money every trip.
* Superior quality jewellery - Mayang Bali store is on an acute corner between Kuta markets and the ‘back' entrance to Matahari Department store. It's not all as expensive as it might seem when you peer thro' their windows.
* Also Putu Artana, in the village of Anturan near Lovina in the north. He is a Master Craftsman who makes unique pieces and will make jewellery to your design in gold or silver.
* Also Bujangga Silver, Jl Tuban on way to airport, on right next to ANA restaurant.
* Purnama Silver Jewellery at Lodtundah Ubud. Visit www.purnama-sari.com.
* Made Murjani (fortuna@denpasar.wasantara.net.id) manufactures jewellery in a small factory and exports, mainly to the US. She will do custom work also. A display of the work can be seen at her home in Bedulu.
* There is a group of crafts people at the Bandem Community of Silversmiths in Singapadu, just north of the Bird and Reptile Parks. Look for the sign on the main road. They have jewellery and beads.
* Perama Dewata, Jl Padanggalk No 11/4, Denpasar (Ph 288 398) has recommendations as an honest jewellery sales and repair place with cheaper prices than 'Gold Street', Jl Hasanuddin.
* Jewellery repairs can be reliably done at many places including Mayang Bali (see above) where you can watch the jewellers at work and keep an eye on your stones. It is also done by jewellers in the gold shops near the markets in Hasanuddin street in Denpasar. Also in the jewellery stores in the Balihai Resort building in Tuban at the end of Jl Wana Segara and in the Kuta Paradiso Hotel.
An honest jeweller who is making something smaller to fit will give you the gold or whatever that he has taken out. It does not burn up when it's removed.