The sign on the main road said Laboratorium Gerabah Putaran Miring/Tilted Pottery Wheel Laboratory. There were abandoned kilns, some pottery wheels in the workshop area, products exhibit, office/Gedung Pusat Keramik Putaran Miring, and a homestay. “This is where I was wedging 100kg clay. Professor Kawasaki asked me to do it”, said Sidik when we visited the abandoned lab in Klaten.
Let me tell you a little backstory about all this …