A BATIK DESIGN OF THE TRAVEL STORY OF ADMIRAL ZHENG HE IN CIREBON WITH BAHASA RUPA DRAWING SYSTEM

• Main Author: Rizky, Amanda
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Desain dan dekorasi bangunan dan aksesori
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/71022
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Admiral Zheng He, one of the migrants from China who introduced his culture to the Indonesians. Cirebon has benefited greatly from its expedition. However, not much remains of Admiral Zheng He still preserved by Cirebon. Whereas Admiral Zheng He has contributed a lot of useful knowledge to the port and the kingdom in Cirebon, which at that time port of Cirebon known as the Port of Muara Jati became famous throughout Java and even abroad. Preserving the history of Admiral Zheng He's journey and its relics in Cirebon can enrich the cultural treasures to the Indonesian nation. One effort to preserve it is with batik, because Cirebon is one of the famous batik producing region and variety of Cirebon batik ornament is influenced by the ornaments from China. In order to create a textile that can tell the journey of Admiral Zheng He, the ‘Bahasa Rupa’ drawing system will be used. ‘Bahasa Rupa’ is one of the drawing systems that embraced by the art of Indonesian tradition since ancient times. Indonesia has many relics of ancient objects containing ‘Bahasa Rupa’ such as cave paintings, temple reliefs and wayang beber. The collaboration of travel story of Admiral Zheng He's batik and ‘Bahasa Rupa’ will create contemporary artwork that communicative and gives a new breath for Indonesian textile. Batik textile with ornaments of Admiral Zheng He’s journey in Cirebon with the ‘Bahasa Rupa’ drawing system is the result of this research. This study used descriptive qualitative method and ‘Penciptaan Seni Kriya’ method.