Author Archives: Emalia

Not only rattan, there are other natural fibers that can be used as furniture. Indonesia rain forest produce many different plant or natural fibers such as water hyacinth, seagrass, banana leaf, abaca, croco, kubu gray and many more. They are used for making many kinds of furniture, small items like baskets, food wrapping, fishing of […]

Fibers or fibres are a class of hair-like materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to pieces of thread. They can be spun into filaments, thread, or rope. They can be used as a component of composite materials. They can also be matted into sheets to make products such as […]

Rattans are extensively used for making furniture and baskets. When cut into sections, rattan can be used as wood to make furniture. Rattan accepts paints and stains like many other kinds of wood, so it is available in many colours; and it can be worked into many styles. Moreover, the inner core can be separated […]

Rattan (from the Indonesia rotan) is the name for the roughly 600 species of palms in the tribe Calameae, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia. Most rattans differ from other palms in having slender stems, 2-5 cm diameter, with long internodes between the leaves; also, they are not trees but are vine-like, […]