Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Arts and Culture (ICONARC 2018)

Ornament Art on Traditional Boat: Creative Expression of Fishermen Community in Jepara Coast

Authors
Triyanto Triyanto, Mujiyono Mujiyono, Eko Sugiarto, Ratih Ayu Pratiwinindya
Corresponding Author
Triyanto Triyanto
Available Online May 2019.
Keywords
ornament, traditional boat, coastal, fisherman
Abstract

Human as the part of culture has the desire to decorate equipment that they possess to look prettier and aesthetic. The desire to realize pretty look is human natural desire including the fisherman in Jepara coast. The fishermen need to express visual form that is comfortable and harmonic to be seen. The existence of many ornament visual expression on a fishing boat will never be apart with the relation of their needs in receiving the values that are worth and pretty. This study aims to analyze the problem of an embodiment of ornamental art on the traditional boat as a creative expression of Jepara’s fisherman society viewed from the aspect of aesthetic style, function, and symbolic reflection related to the cultural character of coastal society. The research method was conducted by using a qualitative approach. Data collection was done by observation, interview, and document technique. The data analysis procedure was done through the reduction, presentation and verification phase. The results showed that as follows. First, the aesthetic representation of the ornaments on the boat, predominantly, shows a decorative-stylistic style developed from the motives of vines of traditional wood carvings in the local town. Second, the art of ornament on the boat not only has a function as a decorative (aesthetic) element to beautify the look of the boat but also to coat the boat body to be watertight and maintain the durability of weathering material of wooden boat. Third, as a creative expression, the ornamentation of the boat, which appears to have a diversity of shapes, bright and contrasting colors, and spontaneous cultivation techniques as they are, symbolically reflect the cultural character of coastal communities there are straightforward, open, and spontaneous.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Arts and Culture (ICONARC 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
May 2019
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ISSN
2352-5398
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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