Gebyok

Maybe from some people there who do not know what is a gebyok? Gebyok  is a traditional house of Kudus that use as a divider between living room and family room. Gebyok is usually made of teak wood and of course the wood is carved with distinctive carving motifs Kudus, Javanese. There are varieties of designs and ornament of gebyok. Gebyok can also be installed as a pendopo sweetener on one side to go to the traditional javanese house.

There is also a plain gebyok not carved. Here are some good criteria of gebyok:

  • The details
  • Smooth
  • Have a high level of carving difficulty
  • Three-dimensional
  • Wood quality used as raw material using weatherproof wood type
  • Wood that used old wood so it tends to be stronger and durable to be used as a beautiful and captivating decoration

With all its uniqueness, gebyok as a typical partition of Java that has aesthetic value, high artistic value will not be found in places or other areas except in Java land such as in the area of Jepara and Kudus.



Basically gebyok serves as a partition between the room, can also be used for the entrance of the house, there are also those who hold it at the entrance gate. The current application of gebyok is no longer an element that is too rigid in size as in traditional Javanese houses. But gebyok can also be adjusted to the size or certain functions such as gebyok with any desired door size can be ordered.

Gebyok can be paired with other wood-made furniture either with ornaments or without ornaments. Wooden furniture that I mean such as a classic or contemporary guest desk chair or a large and long chair (bale-bale). Usually its furniture is made from teak wood that can add to the typical Javanese atmosphere.



There are many modern houses applying a room insulation with gebyok in the modern interior. It seems to be phenomenal and so contrasting. This is because too extreme combines the interior design of the house between traditional with modern style. Do you want to try?

Thus, information about gebyok, hopefully it useful for you.