Minggu, 09 Agustus 2009

Glass painting, souvenir Khas Cirebon






OTHER THAN sintren, tarling, and batik, glass painting seems is one of the traditional arts of Cirebon are able to survive at this time, although it must be recognized also the artists painting the same glass Cirebon Cirebon with other artists, gasp and concern.

One of Dian Mulyadi MW, a temperamental young artists to preserve the heart of art painted glass Cirebon. In 1997 he founded Sanggar Sunyaragi Nature conservation as a place of art and culture, especially painting Cirebon glass.

Dian said, the themes and style of painting glass Cirebon culture influenced China, Islam and puppet stories. Tradition of painting art glass with the media actually has developed several centuries ago, and the development of the ebb and flow, where the artists and find some stylish image of typical glass. Glass painting reputedly came from China that was brought by traders to the area of Cirebon, but are certainly not have to know the history.

The influence of China is very strong due to the centuries since-16 Shrimp City was call on the traders from China who has been accidentally introduced to the art multiformity population, so the idea arose among the traditional artist to create images on glass and menirunya.

Perhaps since the century to 17 BC, Glass Painting is well known in Cirebon, together with the berkembanganya Religion of Islam in Java. During the government of Queen Panembahan in Cirebon Glass Painting is very popular as the media propaganda in the form of Islamic calligraphy Painting Glass and a Glass Painting Wayang.

The influence of Islam spread by the trustee is also a characteristic of glass painting from Cirebon. "Even after the influence of China, the images produced by artists associated with the traditional Islamic kabah such as pictures, calligraphy and mosque contains verses the Qur'an or Hadith," he said.

The influence of the story comes from the puppet puppet show that the guardian diperagakan to spread Islam. Strong belief that good puppet figures, the craftsmen create glass paintings always show figures such as Kresna, Arjuna, Rama, Lesmana, and others.

According to Dian, glass painting is an ebb and flow. 19th century until the early 20th century or to the 1950s heyday is a glass painting. This is evidenced at that time almost all the houses in Cirebon there is glass painting. Painting glass is not just an ornament, as repellent is believed the troops.

In the 1960s, the fate of the artists also began painting glass away. However, the early 1980s, the back glass painting and a twist of good. "Since then, a number of glass artists began to realize that this traditional art needs to be developed and dilestarikan," he said.

Dian also said, with the painting glass Cirebon, we can see the tremendous beauty, especially when asked difficulties do so. Necessarily required the exercise of serious and painstaking in order to produce a neat, beautiful, and meaningful.

In line with the development of the time, the development of the Glass Painting existence still feels as souvenir Specific Khas Cirebon. Glass Painting Why is called the specific product? it is because Cirebon Glass Painting painted with paint techniques upside, rich color gradation and nuance of the harmonization and displaying decorative ornaments or decorative motives multiformity Mega cloudy and Wadasan which we know as Motif Batik Cirebon.

Until now, Nature Sunyaragi Sanggar with a No.19 Jalan Karang Jalak this, able to produce between 40 to 50 paintings a month. Glass painting products offered are quite variatif, ranging from glass painting puppet, Cirebon calligraphy, Islamic calligraphy, Batik Cirebon, Oriental, and motifs such as cartoon characters disney.

Glass painting works that have characteristics in the style of coloring Dian Mulyadi already exported to many foreign countries such as Singapore and Korea. "Most of the orders for the restaurants there, and the number of orders could reach the hundreds," augment him.

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