The Craft of Relief Carving Art and Its Impact on The 21st Century Jepara Craftsmen's Economic Life

• Main Authors: Alamsyah, Arido, Laksono
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: carving art; craftsmen; economy; Relief
• ISSN: 2267-1242; 2267-1242
• DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/20187310023

The article on “The Craft of Relief Carving Relief Art and Its Impact on the 21st Century Jepara Craftsmen's Economic Life” describes the craft of relief carving which has an impact on the economic life of the Jepara craftsmen. The existence of Jepara relief art had been proven historiographical. Relief art has existed since the time of Queen Kalinyamat in the 16th century. The artifacts of relief carving art in Queen Kalinyamat's period are found in Mantingan Mosque in Jepara. The relief of carving craft gets its influences from various fields, including the influence of religion, local culture, Chinese culture, and others. In the 1990s to the beginning of the 21st century, relief craft increasingly innovated by enriching motifs and decorative reliefs in the form of flora, fauna and other motifs. Through various motives in the relief craft, the craftsmen get economic impact in the form of job sustainability.