[HOT INTERIOR] Interesting Art of Jepara Carving
October 12, 2013
It's about Jepara, the city in Indonesia.
Development of Jepara carving has progressed and setbacks. On the one hand, the public interest to develop this craft increased but on the other hand, the public interest to pursue the art of carving downhill. Development of design sculpture can also be seen from the work of the younger generation of crafters. One of them is in terms of design this sculpture as well as the design model is developed furniture. The design does not change completely, but began to emerge of new design ideas that still promotes local nuances.
Jepara carving design development to some extent influenced by the existence of high schools that teach about the world of craft carve. In this environment of high school students begin to share them as well as their newest ideas socialize with each other, in addition to the design ideas given by related subjects. This and the spur to the emergence of new ideas and new forms of cooperation between sipemilik ideas with crafters.
The problem is with the lack of interest of young people to learn to carve up 50 % of the past 5 years, the source can be from a variety of media. Interest of the younger generation has been reduced to carve, and is caused by a lack of interest in learning the art of carving that takes a long time. To be able to achieve the level carved reliefs, takes 10 years according to some experts.
Creativity of young people in designing engraving did need to be appreciated by the various parties. However, their lack of interest in carving more need to watch out for. Therefore, Jepara city could lose his nickname sebaga teak wood sculpture. Therefore we need the efforts of various parties to increase the interest of young people to re- learn to design and carve. Is held by carving competitions for all people without any age criteria, the competition to carve out freely without being constrained by the level of education, Arabic calligraphy carving competition, and others.
