Carpentry Workshop

Learn traditional Maluku woodworking techniques with master carpenters who use local materials including sago leaves roof thatch, complex rope work made with gamutu or ijuk (Arenga Pinnata) threads, and ‘Gaba-Gaba’ panels from the sago tree midribs and bambu pegs.

WORKSHOP TRAILER

MAKING LULEBA STRINGS

Binding techniques are key to Maluku architecture.

Make a fine bamboo string to fasten the sago (rumbia) thatch roof.

Luleba is the green outer skin (exodermis) of the young bamboo cane/culm taken between two nodes.

MAKING GAMUTU ROPES

Twist and wind Gamutu fibers into a thin continuous strand like a traditional Maluku craftsman and learn more about the fascinating process of joinery.

Gamutu is the word used in Maluku for strings or cords made of the coarse black fibers from the petioles (leaf stems) of the aren palm or palm (Arenga pinnata).

STITCHING A THATCH ROOF

Sew sago (rumbia) palms together with Luleba strings to create the thatch roof.

Binding techniques are used to fasten the roof on the building’s structure but also to tie together different parts of the building’s structure.

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