Ethnic Nuances on Etching Glass Arts as Aesthetic Elements of Interior in Surakarta

摘要

Glass art with Etching Glass technique is generally made as a limited glass craft for small size souvenirs. With the creativity of craftsmen, glass etching can be developed as a work which functions as an interior aesthetic element with unique characteristic and combined with with ethnic nuances such as batik and classical art that develop in Surakarta. For this reason, aesthetic glass craft designs and improvements on production and marketing efforts are necessary. Using a qualitative methodology approach to several glass craftsmen in Surakarta, the design of etching glass craft was produced as a result of ancient or classic glass craft design development by mixing several glass craft techniques. These resulted glass craft products can be applied on the walls of the room and furniture as aesthetic elements of the interior that can be ordered for international marketing.