Puppet (wayang) is traditional art products that well known on the Java Island. There are many types of puppets, such as puppets show, marionettes, shadow puppets, etc. All kinds of puppet art are usually played in special events. Shadow puppet is one art of Javanese cultures, which until now remained in the middle of rush infiltration of foreign culture that is attached to the societal changes in modern life. Today, certain countries such as Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Japan, Netherlands and United States are beginning to admire the puppets as decorative art. Reality is captured by a shadow puppet craftsman from Nganjuk that still survive until now. Nganjuk is one of the producing regions shadow puppet which are made from animal skin, such as goat or deer skin.
The existence of shadow puppet craft from Nganjuk with 5 groups of leather craftsmen become the pride and the production of local assets to foreign demand. Penchant community on shadow puppet performance art is part of the preservation of the value of art and culture. Shadow puppet craft center is located in the Gandu Village, Bogor District, Nganjuk, East Java. Production of leather puppet craft of local genius is not only to shadow puppet performance art alone, but also the craftsmen receive an order design with various motifs such as animals motif, pandawa family and other motifs in the piece complete with a buffalo skin textures and others. The first process of making shadow puppet is to choosing the best skin. After that it is designed as a puppet and the last is the coloring process.
Being a shadow puppet craftsman in the middle of modernization and the rapid flow of global culture is not easy. Although the open market, the lack of power artisans is a serious obstacle. The trick to collect painter of all villages in Nganjuk which originally assigned to be dye crafts puppet is successful troubleshooting efforts. That’s a little story of Mr. Suyoto, the successful artisans of shadow puppets from Nganjuk that achieve its business turnover of tens of millions a month. The results of his craft is able to penetrate the markets of these foreign countries even though the local market is still working until now like pioneering the local market in Bojonegoro, Jombang, Surabaya, Jakarta and Kalimantan.. Being a craftsman like this now requires a lengthy process and should be able to withstand the kinds of obstacles and barriers. He said the market factors should be noted though there are other factors that should also not be underestimated, such as raw materials and capital.
If initially only focused on the art of shadow puppet craft, Mr. Suyoto must develop in other forms, such as making wall hangings, calligraphy, through a variety of other shapes to order. But all that are made of leather. But for overseas markets, most popular product that always be order is shadow puppet characters because the element of philosophy and classical impression of this product. Therefore, Mr. Suyoto often get orders shadow puppet product even though only one or two puppet characters.
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