Jepara Carving Motif
The forms of leaf carving on this motif form a triangle and oblique. At each end there are usually leaves or fruits with flowers will form a circle. The form is not just a single circle, but the shape is more than one or terraced. The circle at the base of larger, more to the tip has narrowed. There is also going to flower or fruit in the form of a large circle surrounded by several smaller circles.
SHAPE MOTIF:
1. Of Leaves.
Principal leaf motif has its own style, which is dome-shaped and circular-niche. At the finish there are niches that gather leaves.
Principal form of dome-shaped leaf-carved this niche when sliced, incorporating a triangular prism.
2. Flower AND Fruit.
Flowers and fruit at this Jepara motif convex (rounded) as fruit wine or fruit Wuni arranged rows or clustered. This flower is often found on the corner of the meetings niche of the principal or there are leaves on the end niche surrounded by leaves, while the interest follows the shape of its leaves.
3. Fractions.
In the fractional leaf motif carvings have 3 pieces of lines that follow the direction of leaf shape, so it looks like a light.
4. Facts:
Carving Jepara motif is basically made most of the base or not so deep, often made on the basis of (invisibility), engraving is often called krawangan carving or engraving a glass insert. Jepara carving motif is often used to decorate your craft goods.
Bali Carving Motif
Bali motif is one type of traditional carving motifs that developed in the archipelago. This motif as well as other traditional motifs, closely related to the granting of royal names found in the region. Balinese motifs are carved motifs thought to be relics of kings or kingdoms that have progressed culture of that era. This Balinese motifs form graceful, rhythmic with a flexible style, grand and dignified, as if describing the personality of the king and his community.
Bali motif has several characteristics, which can be sorted into two kinds of characteristics of a general nature and of a special nature.
Common characteristics:
Bali motif carvings have all the forms of leaves, flowers and fruit in the form of convex and concave. It can be said that the motive of Bali is a mixture of motives that have a blend between the concave and convex shapes.
Special features:
1. Tweezers on Balinese motifs as well as on other motives, have the form of a loopy at the end.
2. This Sunggar motif found only in Bali alone. Sunggar form grows from the tip of the leaf curl benangan principal.
3. Endong on this motif of leaves that grow behind the principal leaves, like the ending contained in the motifs and motif Pejajaran Majapahit.
4. Simbar on Balinese motifs as found in the motifs and motif Pejajaran Majapahit with a distinctive shape as well. Simbar located in front of the base of the principal leaves the shape of the plot, so as to form a harmonious whole on this motif.
5. Trubus leaves that grow in this motif grows on the top of the dome-shaped leaves that form the principal curved gracefully.
6. Benangan in this motif form a special or unique. Benangannya partially convex and oblique. This Benangan grow circular until the end of the curls.
7. This fraction as well as on other motives, have broken the sweep line on the main leaf and broken cawen found on leaf carvings Patran, so as to increase harmony and beauty of carving shapes.
Mataram Carving Motif
Motif Mataram is a traditional carving motifs that developed and popular in the area of Java. Similar patterns and motifs Majapahit Bali which was closely related to the granting of royal names that ever existed in Java. This motif can also be viewed from two things: general characteristics and specific characteristics,
Common characteristics:
Motif Mataram has all the good leaf carvings form the main leaf and small leaf-shaped concave. The basin in terms of traditional carving called krawingan. The form of this motif carved leaf shaped leaves Patran, at the end there who have curly leaves and some are not loopy. Mataram composition of leaf motifs are usually clustered to resemble the natural leaf.
Special features:
1. Benangan motive is divided into 2 types, namely (a) benangan arise, and (b) benangan line.
2. Leaves Trubus in this motif is the most-shaped leaves form hunchback. Trubus leaves usually grow in the face benangan and stopped under the curly leaf, as if holding the leaf curl.
3. Fractions in Mataram most shaped motif cawen fractions. In addition there are also pieces of broken cawen lines contained on the interesting parts of this form of leaf motifs. A fraction of this motif does seem more varied than in other forms other motives.
Yogyakarta Carving Motif
Yogyakarta motif is a motif that uses a traditional Javanese kingdom that flourished in the region. Kingdom of Yogyakarta which still exist today, although now become one of the territory of the unitary Republic of Indonesia. Yogyakarta Kingdom is a continuation of the past glory of Islamic Mataram Kingdom with the result of a highly developed culture of art, whether it be carving, batik, ceramics or other cultural products. Yogya community character character represent the Java community in general is a high priority to the moral value of good manners, upload ungguh and cultural tolerance among others, mutual cooperation, mutual respect for fellow human beings that is quite thick in the order of daily life.
The motive of Yogyakarta is famous by the name of Yogya silver engraving. The form of this motif took a sample of the element of fern leaves. Principal leaf-carved niche berelung, graceful with convex and concave shapes of leaves that grow in these niches. At the end of this niche often grow flowers that bloom beautifully. Flowers that bloom provides a symbol of a young girl who is blossoming, blooming and also symbolizes the beginning of progress toward a higher progress. This indicates that a person must have high ideals to achieve a bright future.
Pajajaran Carving Motif
Features :
All forms of leaves starting from leaf carvings principal, Dunn shoot, leaf and fruit flower Patran etc. convex (rounded)
Special Features :
* Tweezers. Pajajaran motif has some tweezers ie
(1). Large tweezers on the main leaf
(2). Tweezers While the leaves are
(3). Small tweezers trubusan leaf.
* Horns. This motif shaped curved horns facing forward.
* Endong. Form of engraving that grow side by side / behind the main leaf
with curly contained in these final endong leaf carvings.
* Simbar. Having Simbar as the principal sweetener in the form of leaf carving
also typical.
* Benangan. Benangan in leaf carving poko shaped like a stalk arising
contained upfront principal leaf carvings, while there is a line benangan
in young leaf carvings.
* Fractions. Fractions line serves as a sweetener, the leaves spread on the principal
leaves and leaf fragments cawen in Patran and fractions on the carving leaf
another.
Majapahit Carving Motif
Feature – Special Feature :
* tweezers. Majapahit motif has tweezers and curls that are concave on
the top while at the end of the tweezers are curly as the end of the tweezers
them.
* Arrange Jambul. Crest stacking is characteristic contained in the motif majapahit
Crest apartments are located in advance in the main leaf.
* Leaves Trubus. Leaf flush in this motif grows mostly above the main leaf ..
* Simbar. shaped like Simbar that there is another motive. also functions
as an enhancer of beauty alone.
* Benangan. This motive is sometimes – sometimes have double benangan besides benangan
line.
* Fractions. like any other motive, the motive majapahit fractions have broken lines
which propagates in the principal leaves and broken cawen found on leaf carvings
Patran, which add beauty carving
Visiting Indonesia not satisfied if you have not visited the area in the region precisely Jepara. You will see various kinds of furniture with the quality and value of high art. All beautiful furniture product are all done by hand. Wood became the main option, so that the furniture made in Jepara can survive tens of years. Terms of the price of furniture Jepara furniture made to compete with other nations.
The forms of leaf carving on this motif form a triangle and oblique. At each end there are usually leaves or fruits with flowers will form a circle. The form is not just a single circle, but the shape is more than one or terraced. The circle at the base of larger, more to the tip has narrowed. There is also going to flower or fruit in the form of a large circle surrounded by several smaller circles.
Bali motif is one type of traditional carving motifs that developed in the archipelago. This motif as well as other traditional motifs, closely related to the granting of royal names found in the region. Balinese motifs are carved motifs thought to be relics of kings or kingdoms that have progressed culture of that era. This Balinese motifs form graceful, rhythmic with a flexible style, grand and dignified, as if describing the personality of the king and his community.
Motif Mataram is a traditional carving motifs that developed and popular in the area of Java. Similar patterns and motifs Majapahit Bali which was closely related to the granting of royal names that ever existed in Java. This motif can also be viewed from two things: general characteristics and specific characteristics,
Yogyakarta motif is a motif that uses a traditional Javanese kingdom that flourished in the region. Kingdom of Yogyakarta which still exist today, although now become one of the territory of the unitary Republic of Indonesia. Yogyakarta Kingdom is a continuation of the past glory of Islamic Mataram Kingdom with the result of a highly developed culture of art, whether it be carving, batik, ceramics or other cultural products. Yogya community character character represent the Java community in general is a high priority to the moral value of good manners, upload ungguh and cultural tolerance among others, mutual cooperation, mutual respect for fellow human beings that is quite thick in the order of daily life.
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