Kampung Manik · Samarinda · East Kalimantan
We believe Borneo beadwork belongs in contemporary life.
Alana Wina Trudi works with beading groups in Kampung Manik, Samarinda, to make contemporary bags, jewellery, décor, beaded table runners and small accessories in the visual language of Dayak beadwork. Most pieces begin with glass seed beads and cotton thread; the collection also includes hand-woven natural rattan. Wholesale only.
A beader builds colour and rhythm one glass bead at a time.
Why this work matters
A collection with a point of view — and a story your customers can understand.
Keep living craft visible
Many pieces draw on a visual language carried through generations of Dayak beadwork, translated into new objects for contemporary homes, wardrobes and shelves.
Make the hand visible
Glass seed beads are counted and threaded one at a time. The small variations are not a flaw; they are the mark of a piece made by people rather than printed by a machine.
Give your shelves a clear point of view
A distinct Borneo palette, geometry and hand-feel gives an independent assortment something recognisable to stand for — with a story that can travel from your product page to your shelf card.
The collection, shaped for retail
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Makers of Kampung Manik at work, filmed in the village. Privacy-enhanced embed; nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.
The people and place behind the line
When a wholesale order lands, it becomes planned work in the Bead Village.
Kampung Manik is a Samarinda neighbourhood where women bead at home and in groups. The visual language is Dayak; the village brings Dayak, Banjar and Bugis neighbours into the same working landscape. AWT coordinates new, contemporary pieces with beading groups and confirms the details of each order directly.
Meet the makers →
Makers sort colour and thread beads together at a shared worktable.
Wholesale
A clear line. A human wholesale process.
Tell us what you are considering, then discuss samples, your market, and an order shaped around your requirements.
Collection
Hand-beaded pieces for contemporary retail
The collection is made in Kampung Manik using glass seed beads, cotton thread, natural rattan and careful handwork according to the piece. Explore the line by category, then send a wholesale enquiry for current wholesale pricing, colourways and order information.
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Motifs & Meaning
How to describe beadwork with care
Borneo beadwork includes multiple communities and traditions. This page describes visual features and explains how Alana Wina Trudi distinguishes verified heritage attribution from contemporary compositions.
How we describe the work
Attribution needs evidence
Some forms and names have specific histories within particular communities. We identify a heritage motif, community or meaning only where it is supported by a recorded source or maker confirmation.
Where that confirmation is not available, products are presented as Contemporary Borneo or Contemporary decorative and described through visible features such as colour, form, material and finish.
Visual features
These examples show the kinds of shapes and repeated elements buyers may notice. They are visual descriptions, not universal cultural meanings.
Shot · 1:1 · Curving beadwork, close enough to count.
Visual family 01
Curving forms
Hooks, spirals and paired curves can fill a field or trace its edges. On the bead grid, their direction, scale and colour create movement across the composition.
Visual family 02
Bird-like forms
A long body, sweeping curve and contrasting centre can make a bird-like shape legible within a patterned field. Product descriptions stay with what is visible unless a specific attribution has been confirmed.
A yellow bird-like form holds the centre of the black field, echoed by green curls.
Mirrored red curls form a central figure, held between white, turquoise and yellow companions.
Visual family 03
Figure-like forms
Mirrored shapes can suggest a central figure within the bead grid. The detail, symmetry and surrounding colour make each composition distinct.
Visual family 04
Borders and repeated elements
Diamonds, zigzags, hooks and rings build rhythm around a larger field. Repetition makes the edge legible while colour and proportion keep each piece individual.
Red, white, turquoise and yellow rings turn repeated curls and small stars into complete borders.
The palette
Colour in composition
Strong contrasts, repeated colours and dark grounds give the beadwork its graphic presence. Colour choices can vary between pieces, so product pages describe the colours shown rather than assigning a universal meaning.
Red
Yellow
Green
White
Black
Blue
Look for how the field, accent colours and border relate to one another; that visual structure is often more useful to a buyer than a claimed symbolic reading.
The shapes
Form, movement, sound
The triangle
Triangles can create direction, frame a central panel or repeat as a border. Their scale and orientation change the rhythm of the composition.
Mirror symmetry
Compositions often pair left and right around a centre line. That symmetry creates a clear, balanced visual structure without requiring a buyer to infer a cultural meaning.
Fringe and dangles
Fringe and dangles add movement, texture and a changing edge when the piece is handled or worn. Product pages note this construction where it is visible.
The material
The beads themselves
The current collection uses glass seed beads alongside materials such as cotton thread, wood, rattan and metal hardware where listed. Product pages identify only the materials confirmed for that product.
A note on cultural respect
Everything we sell is new work for contemporary homes and retail, made in Kampung Manik in collaboration with local beading groups. We do not sell ceremonial objects or antiques. Dayak includes multiple communities and traditions; we do not assign cultural meanings without confirmation from a recorded source or maker.
Wholesale
Wholesale for retailers who want a line with a point of view
Send a wholesale enquiry for current products, wholesale prices, colourways and order information. We keep the public site price-free so we can quote the right details for your market and order.
Wholesale at a glance
A considered wholesale offer, close to the making
Wholesale only
The collection is made for retail buyers and is not sold through consumer checkout.
Made in Samarinda, East Kalimantan
Work is coordinated with beading groups in Kampung Manik, Samarinda.
Samples can be discussed
We can advise on sample selection when you tell us what you are considering.
Volume shipping via Balikpapan
Tracked courier for samples and smaller cartons; volume shipping can be coordinated from Balikpapan.
Handmade variations are expected
Each piece is made by hand, so small differences are part of the work.
From first enquiry to reorder
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Wholesale enquiry
Tell us about your business and the categories you are considering. We reply with the current range and pricing and the next practical step.
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Choose samples
See the handwork in person. We can advise on sample selection and shipping from Samarinda; sample arrangements are confirmed with your request.
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Agree the order
Together, we confirm suitable pieces and colourways for your shop before work begins.
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Reorder with context
When you know what works for your shelves, we can build the next order around those learnings and current availability.
Plan your landed cost
Public prices are intentionally omitted until they are confirmed for your order. Your current quote will state the current price basis; your final landed cost also depends on freight, duty, VAT and your forwarder’s quote. We can help you map those inputs before you commit.
Shipping
Samples & small orders
Courier from Samarinda
For samples and smaller cartons, we can arrange tracked courier service from Samarinda. Timing and cost depend on destination and are confirmed with the quote.
Volume orders
Sea LCL from Balikpapan
For volume orders, we can coordinate consolidated sea freight from Balikpapan to your port. Your forwarder or ours can confirm the route, timing and cost.
Documentation
We prepare the export and care documentation your order requires, including commercial invoice, packing list and certificate of origin where applicable. Tell us your market requirements early and we can work through any additional compliance documents with you.
What your order means
A wholesale order is planned with a beading group in Kampung Manik, so the work is organised around real production rather than anonymous stock. We sell on ordinary commercial terms, and we want the pieces to earn their place on your shelves.
Wholesale enquiry
Tell us about your shop, the pieces you are considering, and your timing. We will reply with the practical next step.
Pieces in your enquiry
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We will reply from Samarinda with the next practical step.
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Our makers
Kampung Manik, the Bead Village
One neighbourhood in Samarinda, on the Mahakam River, where beadwork is part of daily life. This is where the pieces we sell are made and coordinated. Watch the film first; the hands, rhythm and conversation say more than a product description can.
Makers of Kampung Manik at work: threading, counting, talking. Filmed in the village, Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Privacy-enhanced embed: nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.
Samarinda sits on the Mahakam, the river that has long connected East Kalimantan’s communities. In one of its kampungs, Kampung Manik, literally the Bead Village, beadwork is not only a workshop trade; it is a neighbourhood practice. It happens at home and in shared working spaces, in the hours that make room for family life.
The visual language is Dayak: the motifs, colour logic and dense grounds belong to the beadwork of Borneo’s indigenous peoples. The village itself brings more than one community together. Dayak, Banjar and Bugis neighbours live along the same lanes, learn from one another and keep the work moving across generations.
The work is slower than photographs suggest. Beads go on one at a time. Patterns are counted, not printed; when a line is wrong, it is unpicked bead by bead. A wholesale order becomes planned work for a beading group, organised around the household and the requirements of the order.
Alana Wina Trudi is a founder-led company based in Samarinda. Orders are coordinated with the beading groups, and every piece is checked in Samarinda before it ships.
Working side by side, two makers prepare small bead clusters in warm window light.
Loose seed beads are poured into a shallow tray above a finished red, green and yellow panel.
Illustrative view · A quiet Samarinda lane lined with shaded porches and tropical plants.
A working vessel on the Mahakam at Samarinda. Photo: ShaaShaRS / CC BY-SA 4.0.
Three makers compare colours and work around one table, with their bead containers within reach.
Materials & sourcing
The line is built from glass seed beads, cotton thread, textile backing and natural rattan, with metal fittings where a piece needs them. Material and care information is confirmed with the order documentation.
Contact
Let’s find the right line for your shelves
For wholesale enquiries, send an enquiry or write to us directly. We are based in Samarinda and answer with the practical next step for your shop.
- beads@alwintru.com
- Address
- Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- @alanawinatrudi ↗
- PT Alana Wina Trudi ↗
- YouTube
- Watch the Kampung Manik film ↗
- InaExport
- Company profile ↗
We answer every request personally from Samarinda (WITA, UTC+8).
Looking for wholesale?
The fastest route is the wholesale enquiry. Tell us what your shop is looking for and we’ll send the current range, pricing and order information.
Privacy
Privacy
This notice covers wholesale enquiries sent through the Alana Wina Trudi website. Alana Wina Trudi / PT Alana Wina Trudi uses this information to respond to your enquiry and, where relevant, continue a business relationship with you.
Information from the enquiry form
The form asks for name, company / organisation, email, country, website or Instagram, and message. It can also include categories of interest and the product IDs and names you choose for an enquiry. We use these details to answer, prepare a relevant business response, and keep reasonable business records.
Form processing and retention
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Your requests and security
To ask about access, correction or deletion of information you sent us, contact beads@alwintru.com. We will consider requests in light of applicable legal recordkeeping needs. We use ordinary safeguards appropriate to this small wholesale website, but no method of transmission or storage is completely secure.
External services
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