Bali Ubud Arts and Crafts

Bali Ubud Creative Arts and Crafts 

Amazing what is on display for sale not only in the  Ubud shops and not only Buddha Sculptures plus other creations around the same theme. Just watch the painter who does it's job carefully in the backyard where he has the right light and a quiet environment. 

With good vibrations in Ubud Bali

Ubud's arts crafts and shops show a creative lifestyle. Almost every shop has something to do with inspiration and art it really radiates a positive mood.

​Ubud is the cultural center of Bali island a crossroads for countless numbers of painters and designers who exchange experiences and find inspiration in its thriving art scene. Avantgarde with local style and other are embraced and practiced here by Western plus Indonesian and other Eastern artists.


Amazing what is on display for sale in the shops and not only Buddha Sculptures and other subjects around the same theme. Just watch the painter who does its job carefully in the backyard where he has the right light and a quiet environment except in the monkey forest. In the area are not so many forest roads anymore. Naturally there is no beach around such as Kuta beach in Denpasar is quite far off which is difficult to reach because of the bad roads.

Some people might call the sculptures below "kitsch".

Actually I think it's still better as if a "modern" artist throws some color onto the canvas call it abstract and wait for applause or as one of the most celebrated late German Artist did who created just nonsense from pieces of fat and some mad ones paid millions for it what is that? Mega madness!

The villages are embedded into the hills and the river produces a cool air circulation which again makes a pleasant micro-climate.  Although most forest has already been cut down in the past the secondary nature which came up including terrace rice field made it an attractive place to live. This is exactly what people call great tropical living.

People will not bother you and a peaceful mood make the soul happy and the that inspires art and culture, undeniably a pleasant place to live also dont forget the many Ubud art markets. Although art markets are around in dozens locations on the island.

It makes sense to call Ubud a center of culture in Bali. 

No traffic jam and tourists who expose their ugly fat bellies and butts at Kuta Beach. Maybe you might miss the shopping temples of Seminyak it's a different atmosphere here. 

But there is no need to miss anything it's just less hectic smaller and more relaxed than on other places. Great restaurants with spicy food are available and all modern amenities someone needs.   

The tourist areas of Kuta and Ubud saw a lot of influx by foreigners starting in the late 197x until a government directive was issued to build new structures with Bali Style in mind. Luckily there was no much changed except in Denpasar Kuta's area so what we see today is still more or less the same in terms of Bali style but the quality of most buildings   locals pulled up are not as good, small and very basic.

Get some inspiration in this central Bali Village

Ubud village is more in the center of Bali Island where there are no beaches around. 

Here are several villages embedded into the hills who do a thriving art business around the  Ayung River. 

For the location and how to get there check the Ubud district map at right.
The two main culture "streams" are clearly seen in the pictures at the right side. Talking about culture in Ubud or Bali always means Buddhism and Hinduism.in common means that we cannot free from talking about Hinduism in Bali. The whole art scene fits together perfectly which means sculpturing and painting plus architecture and not to forget dancing. There are no larger shopping malls around they are all built around the bypass road in Denpasar.

The slow motion dancing can be found almost everywhere in ASEAN. A good example is Khmer dancing in Cambodia which is very similar showing the sources definitely are in India.