Enjoyed the carving, though it was annoying having to organise our own transport - the easiest way by far is to use a Grab car (like Uber) but there’s lots of bad feeling about these cars throughout Ubud and the village where the studio is isn’t friendly to this type of transport. The carving was fun but the man leading the workshop kept taking over, so while we ended up with some great carvings, they didn’t really feel like ours.

He will do maybe most of the work, so be prepared to sit and watch a lot! But in my opinion it's to your benefit because the carving comes out much better than you could have done it, my side was clearly done by me. Left class with a piece made by myself and a local balinese artisan, satisfied.

Recommended! Very nice to do this once. So much respect for the people who make the wood carvings for sale in Bali. Real craftsmanship. If you want to do a lot yourself, don't choose a difficult design. I did a turtle and then you can do quite a lot yourself. A traditional mask is much more difficult and then the attendant takes over a lot. Because it is simply not learned in a day and you do want a nice mask. So choose an accessible design everywhere. Furthermore, now very nice souvenirs for home that we have worked on ourselves!