UTILIZATION OF STRAW IN FURNITURE DESIGN

Waste straw from rice harvesting in Indonesia, especially in the city of Solo and its surroundings, is very abundant and has not been utilized optimally yet. This is an economic potential if it is developed with furniture products which are the leading export products in the city. The purpose of this creation is (1) Utilization of straw rope as a material for supporting application in making furniture (2) Furniture products using wood and straw applications. To achieve the goal, it takes steps or methods of creating works by utilizing emic and ethical data, including: experimentation, contemplation, and formation. From the creative process, it produces: (1) quality straw gyres and is suitable for use as supporting applications in furniture products, (2) Furniture products with wood and straw rope applications that are tested and feasible to produce.

PANCA WASTA TEACHINGS AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION CREATION FOR DHAPUR KRIS

Panca Wasta is a teaching at the level of family life which contains advice on values that elevate human position in personality, nobility, welfare and knowledge that must be possessed by a man (Javanese) in particular. The focus of the creation of the work is in the form of a kris blade which is inspired by the five elements of the Panca Wasta teachings which contain; wisma, turangga, kukila, curiga and wanita, using recycled metal. The purpose of the creation of this work is to create a dhapur kris blade using recycled metal with a metaphorical tinatah motif from the five elements of the panca wasta teachings. The creation of works uses an artistic creation approach, namely; experiment, contemplation and embodiment of works. The resulting work is a kris blade complete with warangka, hulu/jejeran/ukiran, mendhak, and pendok of Surakarta style. When the teachings of Panca Wasta are used as the concept of creating a kris, it shows that the work of a kris is quite interesting, has aesthetic beauty and full of philosophical values and meanings.

TRANSFORMATION OF TENGKULUK TANDUK WITH WEAVING TECHNIQUES

Tengkuluk is one of the traditional clothing equipment (head cover) of a Bundo Kanduang (biological mother) in the Minangkabau tribe. Currently tengkuluk is rarely used in everyday life, only used in traditional events or other official activities. This reality encourages the creation of this tengkuluk work to be carried out. The method of creating works used consists of three stages, namely experimentation, reflection, and formation. The result of the creation of this work shows that the tengkuluk made with woven techniques and pandan leaf material and decorated with Swarovski looks practical and flexible when used by mothers and teenagers in their daily lives. This new creation in the form of the Koto Gadang tengkuluk expresses the meaning of philosophical values, namely the responsibility of women when they have married.

DESIGN OF LEATHER FRINGE BAG THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BALI GRINGSING WOVEN FABRIC

Indonesia has an extraordinary wealth of cultural arts, one of which is the Gringsing woven fabric in Bali. The beauty of Gringsing weaving attracts the author to apply it to bag products as an aesthetic element. This design aims to design a women's bag with a fringe model through a combination of Grinsing weaving elements. This design uses the method of creation, namely: exploration, design, and realization stages. In addition, the design also pays attention to the approach to practical functions, themes/styles, ergonomics, and aesthetics. This design resulted in five designs of women's bags with fringe bag models with the application of Gringsing woven fabric, namely fringe tote bags, fringe slingbags, fringe backpacks, fringe handbags, and fringe waist bags. Of the five designs, two designs were realized into women's bag products, namely the fringe sling bag and backpack models. Through the design of creative bags that use motifs on Gringsing woven fabrics, can produce unique and distinctive typical creations that reflect Indonesian culture.

EARTH'S CREATION STIMULUS: CREATION OF GRAPHIC ARTS WITH USED PLYWOOD MEDIA

Natural phenomena, especially climate change, are increasingly worrying lately. Graphic art can be used to express concern for the environment in response to climate change. The creation of this graphic art work uses the concept of the earth's creation stimulus. The creative methods used include: experimentation, contemplation, and formation. Abstract Expressionism was chosen as the style of personal expression in the creation of this work. The creative technique used is high printing technique with used plywood media. The results of the creation process show that the visualization of the concept of the earth's creative stimulus produces the forms of circles and lines. These forms are the main motif in the creation of graphic art with the stimulation of this earth's creativity

BIRTH AS A SOURCE OF IDEAS FOR THE CREATION OF TEXTILE ARTWORK

The design is intended to create new work that focus on textile artwork to convey messages related to birth by exploring visual, symbol, and processing colors and techniques. The purpose of this artwork is to convey messages related to anti-drug awareness through textile artwork for an aesthetic element of the interior. The method used in this creation is the Gustami approach. This method goes through 6 stages, namely finding references in order to explore themes and topics, searching for theoretical foundations to determine techniques, materials, problems in creation, sketching, sketch completion, embodiment, and evaluation. The results of this design showed that (1) exploration in creating interior aesthetic artwork with the source of the idea of "birth" can be done by searching for layered data which is then outlined in a sketch taking into account colors and symbols, and (2) the work is realized with embroidery can be used to convey messages to raise anti-drug awareness in young generations.

ARTISTIC RESEARCH: THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS OF MIKA HANNULA

This paper is a review of the thoughts and ideas of Mika Hannula presented in his book Artistic Research: Theories, Methods, and Practices. As its title indicates, this book discusses artistic research, specifically related to the theories, methods, and practices of its implementation. In this paper the writer attempts to review: the urgency of artistic research, the philosophical foundations of artistic research, artistic research and science, epistemology and axiology, methodology of artistic research, and its expediency and guidelines for use in art research.

THE MOTION COMIC JAKA BEREK

In the past, people watched a theater called Ludruk on the mobile stage and on television. However, currently Ludruk's art is almost out of date. From this phenomenon, the researchers formulated the problem, namely how the local story artworks of Sawonggaling content can be transformed into a motion comic animated film using a three-act structure. The method of making comic motion animation for the legend of Jaka Berek uses two approaches, namely the method of making animation and the method of making comics. Both of them are done in 3 stages, namely pre-production, production and post-production. The results of the making of this motion comic animation show that the effort to bring back the legendary story that has long been drowned requires some appropriate medias that is easily understood by the current generation. The making of motion comics originating from legendary stories must be based on research and literature studies in order to give the spirit to the artwork that will be produced.

TRUCKS AS INSPIRATION FOR BABY BED CREATION

Baby bed is one type of furniture which the existence is very necessary to meet the needs of the community, especially in family groups who have children / babies. The idea of creating the work is divided into two problem formulations, namely, how to design a baby bed in the form of a truck with decorative elements of Punakawan and how to visualize the design into works of art. The approach used is Dewitt H. Parker's aesthetic theory. The method of creation includes 3 stages, namely: the exploration stage, the design stage, and the embodiment stage. The baby bed produced in this artistic research is a work that has functional and aesthetic values with reference to the character of Punakawan. The symbolic value contains the exemplary teachings of Punakawan become a substance in this baby bed artwork. These baby beds are created creatively and innovatively for the renewal of baby bed shapes.

KRIS NUSANTARA: KRIS AS A BOND OF SOCIO-CULTURAL VALUES SHIFTS INTO INDIVIDUAL-CULTURAL BONDS AND AS ASSETS IN BUSINESS ALTERNATIVES

Kris as an artifact is an expression of community culture in the form of artifacts as the result of ideas and human behavior in the community (in this case Javanese society). Kris which was originally used as a bond in socio-cultural values turned into individual-cultural bonds that could be used as assets in business alternatives. To reach the objectives, the steps of research that are carried out with a qualitative research model with a cultural approach are needed, referring to the teachings of Javanese culture in accordance with the philosophy of Javanese culture. This research produces preservation kris, which is stored and treated as one of the culture of kelangenan, as a cultural heritage, and in conservation, namely conservation by trying to develop values in accordance with the social institutions of the community. Kris as a national cultural asset leads to a conservation-progressive force. The tough kris that develops in the kris community is revitalizing conservation (sanggit), vitally still referring to traditional art as its main reference. Kris in the latest development has become a trend in the development of the art business.