Variasi Bentuk dan Makna Motif Bordir di Sentra Bordir Kecamatan Kawalu Kota Tasikmalaya

Abstract

Seeing the rapid development of embroidery and the variety of embroidery produced at the Kawalu Tasikmalaya Embroidery Center, the author wants to gather and analyze the art of decorative embroidery which is one of the Tasikmalaya community craft icons. Some of the problems examined include how the process of making embroidery motifs, how the variations in the shape of the motif and how the meaning of the embroidery motif in the embroidery center of Kawalu, Tasikmalaya City. This research is important to describe and archive the process of making embroidery motifs, variations in the shape of embroidery motifs including types of motifs, decorative patterns and color combinations used, as well as the meaning of embroidery motifs in the embroidery center of Kawalu, Tasikmalaya City. The results showed that there were two types of embroidery processes, namely through manual embroidery for limited production and through computer embroidery for mass production. Tasikmalaya embroidery varies greatly in terms of shape and motif, but most types of Tasikmalaya motifs are dominated by naturalist motifs. Tasikmalaya embroidery is made to fulfill orders from consumers and is commercial in nature, this results in no special and symbolic meaning in the Tasikmalaya embroidery motif.