In the human life requires a lot of components to make life more beautiful, one of the example is through art. There are over millions of Indonesian art that we know such as, the art of dance, music, sculpture, craft and drawing. One type of art is craft. Craft is crafts that requires a skill and precision in every work of art is produced. Essentially, the craft is to meet human needs which highlight aspects of aesthetics or beauty and usefulness for daily needs. Craft that can be found in daily life, for example, the relief carving, drawing, weaving, and embroidery (wikepedia.com). Craft is not only focused on goods are expensive but this art can be made from a material that is not useful anymore as waste coconut shells, which can be used as material for craft.
Waste coconut shells are organic waste that difficult to decompose, therefore many people use it for different things. Indonesia has a land area of palm, recorded 31.2% of the 12 million hectares of coconut land site or reach 3.88 million hectares (http://ekonomi.kompasiana.com). From these data, gives an overview of the economic opportunities for the community. Communities tend to use waste coconut shells, by turning them into charcoal for cooking fuel needs in the kitchen. In fact, in terms of economical, waste coconut shells not only be used as fuel. Waste coconut shells can be a major breakthrough for the community to support the public interest in the art of craft especially in terms of the household sector.
Utilization of waste coconut shells can be used to serve as an element of aesthetic objects that have a high selling value. Waste coconut shells can be made into ashtrays, buttons, necklaces, brooches and others. Waste coconut shells can also be made into a souvenir that resembles a bowl-shaped container. Souvenir can be used as a place to put an item such as sweets, snacks, keys and other small items.
Creativity in the processing of waste coconut shells can be combined with ethnic elements to emphasize the elements of art and culture and health elements. One element that is by utilizing cultural patchwork batik and batik painting. The national culture is a valuable work of the Indonesian nation from the people of Indonesia resources and efforts in order to provide insight and meaning to the national development in all areas of national life. patchwork batik and batik painting is an example of a well known art of Indonesia to foreign countries. It makes the art can be used as a medium for art to make it ore beautiful and introducing Indonesia through the coconut sewage shell’s craft. Batik motifs used are batik Sumatera Selatan which a bird that has been extinct. So, art craft from waste coconut shells are more valuable by bring amazing art from Indonesia. Coconut sewage shell craft is combined with aromatherapy from jasmine extract. Aroma therapy is useful for mind relaxing and reduce depression on health.
Seeing the opportunity, young people need to take advantage of opportunities. In choosing a product, efficiency, effectiveness and low prices are the three things that really concern people (Gabriella Estherita and Dona Vera). Apart from that encourage creative soul for material processing becomes harder to maintain an economical and valuable items. Coconut sewage shell craft can also be applied as a form of entrepreneurship in social life, especially for the school students. Students are only associated as a person who can only buy an item but it really is not. They can add their creativity to make such a craft craft from waste coconut shells. Thus, students are not only said to be a buyer, but students can also make a great of waste.
Based on the above, the author makes a new innovation by utilizing waste waste coconut shells as full of craft aesthetic and useful, by lifting the title "Batok Kelapa Aromaterapi Nusantara" which has a meaning as an art craft from waste waste coconut shells that are difficult for the benefit of the community described that will enhance and introduce teens kreatvitas Indonesian culture (HR).
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