Tengger Legend As Inspiration In The Creation of Batik Motives

Abstract

Besides being endowed with perfect natural beauty, Tengger also has diverse cultural properties. One of the riches of Tengger's culture is the oral tradition. Oral traditions build narratives in almost all areas of Tengger village. The legend of Tengger village as a product of oral tradition has potential if it is used creatively. One interesting creative use is making it a source of ideas for the creation of batik motifs that come from Tengger legends. The process of creating a batik
motif goes through several stages, starting with reading and selecting several legends from the study literature, the stage of making a sketch, the stage of making the motif and determining the color. The theories and methods used in the creation of this work include aesthetic theory, design theory, and batik theory. While the method of creation uses the SP Gustami theory, namely exploration, design and creation of works to get the desired visual. The result is the creation of a work in the form of a batik motif whose source of idea comes from a legend that does not end in the form of scientific articles about the traditions of the Tengger people without any implementation and actualization that will help these histories survive. With this, it is hoped that it can enrich batik motifs and one of the efforts to preserve the legend by using batik as the medium.