Authors:
Edi Eskak
and
Irfa’ina Rohana Salma
Affiliation:
Center for Handicraft and Batik, Ministry of Industry, Jl. Kusumanegara No. 7, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
wooden carving, CNC, Jepara, digital era
Abstract:
This paper is a study for redefinition of latest arts, in wooden carving. The equipment in work carving in today's is Computer Numerical Control (CNC). CNC can eliminates manual processes. Also, there was a diminishing interest in people’s youth of Jepara in pursuing jobs as wood carvers. The presence of CNC is a solution that can replace human source. However, carving products produced by CNC machines are less attractive to the consumers. There is a contradiction, wich is this advanced technology can replace most of the production of art to be more effective, efficient, consistent, and precisely, but consumers actually want the unique and distinctive handiwork. This paper aims to uncover the creativity of entrepreneurs and wood carving artists responding to the tastes of markets and to get solutions to the existing problems. The method used is qualitative by getting data of literature and observation. The solution is to use CNC to speed up the production in initial engraving and the
n the carving process is continued with the hand skill manually. The product still expresses a distinctive creativity as a carving work done with hand skills, but can be done faster than using the full manual technique.
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