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Bayat Klaten , located at Pagerjurang hamlet, Melikan village, Wedi Subdistrict, 30 km south-east of the densely populated city of Jogjakarta on the island of Java, where 6,500 people were killed and over 1 million people lost their homes after the May 2006 earthquake which measured 6.2 on the Richter scale, has the image of a bustling pottery centre. About eighty percent families especially mothers in this hamlet involved in the ceramics making to earn a living.

Based on the usage, Melikan ceramic arts can be categorized into two types as follow:
• Traditional household utensils, such as piggy bank, jug, vase, wok (sangon), and anglo (keren). The traditional products are still maintained, especially by the existing craftsmen.
• Ornamental ceramic/earthenware, either for indoor or outdoor ornaments. There are hundred types of items belong to this type; however, they can be classified as souvenir, flower vase, vase (water container), gucci (porcelain earthenware), and garden bench and table.