EXPLORATION DESIGN MOTIF OF RAFFLESIA FLOWER WITH SUPPLEMENTARY WEFT TECHNIQUES

• Main Author: Jasmine Avline Aveneina, Anggi
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/43504
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Rafflesia is one of Indonesia's national flower which set by President Soeharto since 1993, with the status of being the largest single flower plant in the world, Indonesia still has low growth and conservation data of Rafflesia. The low popularity for Rafflesia is a barrier to increase the conservation. With the incorporation of songket weaving techniques in processing Rafflesia flower motifs on textiles, it is expected to open the opportunities to re-introduce the importance of preserving this endemic Indonesian flower. Weaving is a national identity that will continue to adhere. The author takes the songket weaving technique as a process of making works that represent the identity of the Rafflesia and in the realm of Indonesian crafts. The motifs that are on the weaving usually represent where the weaving originates, and in this study also applied the same thing so that the image of the flower itself can be better known through the medium of textiles especially weaving. Weaving techniques of various types depend on the motives so the techniques used are also different. In this research, weaving with songket technique or what can be called supplementary weft is used to describe the image of the rafflesia to be more alive. The incorporation of Nishijin-ori weaving techniques and ulos weaving was used to elevate the blend of oriental culture in this design.