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  QUACKTASTIC DUCKS! On Dan’s last shopping trip to Indonesia he visited the factory that makes our fabulous ducks - starting from a big pile of muddy bamboo roots, right through to the finished product. The guys that make these really are talented to turn them from a rough old bit of bamboo dug out of the ground into our fabulous top-selling ducks. Check this out! They start by digging up the bamboo roots, then they wash them, roughly shave off some of the excess roots and pile them up, ready to be processed. After shaving off more excess root, they start the carving process to create the basic body shape then add heads, necks, legs and feet made from teak wood. They are put into the kiln to dry the wood, then sanded and painted free-hand in a variety of different colours and patterns to create the ducks we know and love. QUACKTASTICK!

MEET OUR NEWEST ARRIVAL!

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          MEET OUR NEWEST ARRIVAL! We are absolutely thrilled to announce the arrival of Dan and Lisa’s first grandchild, Wren Marie Horan - born on the evening of Friday 6th June. Massive congratulations to the parents, Daisy and Chris, grandparents Dan and Lisa, and the whole Makasi family - including Dolly who, like the rest of us, is totally in love with the new arrival!      Welcome to the world, Wren!

DID YOU KNOW? ...

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DID YOU KNOW? … These days Makasi Imports is well known for supplying the UK’s largest range of driftwood-style teak root home and garden furniture, giftware and home accessories - but did you know how it all started? Makasi’s Managing Director, Dan Unsworth, started in the import industry over 30 years ago, travelling out to Indonesia to buy and sell stock for a garden furniture company. He founded Makasi Imports Ltd in 2014 mainly as a furniture wholesaler, with one warehouse on a farm in Surrey and a small storage facility in Indonesia. Makasi has grown steadily over the years and we now have several units on the same Surrey farm and five times our original storage capacity in Indonesia, with a team of over 40 people. We have evolved into a giftware, homeware, home accessories and home and garden furniture wholesaler that supplies something for everyone, from a huge garden centre to a little gift shop - we don’t mind how big or small our customers are, we l...

DAN'S TRAVEL BLOG #3 - BALI SUPPLIER VISITS

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  DAN'S TRAVEL BLOG #3 BALI SUPPLIER VISITS Dan and Lisa finish their adventures by visiting suppliers in Bali, in the last of this series of travel blog emails ... Rakhmat, one of the guys who helps us in Bali, picked Dan and Lisa up from the airport on Tuesday morning and they immediately noticed how much hotter Bali was compared to Java. They he...