Talk ships that come to mind and we will Kasongan Singkawang. Although there are many more centers of pottery craftsmen in this country, one Pagerjurang Pottery, Klaten who also abroad. As the name Pagerjurang Pottery Pagerjurang located in the Village, Village Melikan, District Bayat, Klaten, Central Java. This hamlet is situated at the foot of Mount Jabalkat of about 15 km south-southeast from the center of this Klaten, from generation to generation is known as a pottery-producing area.
The main products produced in the form of potted plants, jars, jars (small vessel for storing water), kitty (where saving money), and where the placenta or the baby’s placenta. Face this Melikan Village not far different from the agrarian villages other.
A picture of a village green surrounded by agriculture, hills, and swamps with people who always welcome guests with hospitality. Rivers overflow dikala around the rainy season and dry when the drought arrived. In the rural environment such as the local community’s daily struggle with the land in producing earthenware Hat.
Entering the village Melikan gate marked with the words Welcome, shades of earthenware-producing village so thickens. No more than a hundred yards from the gate, shops lined on both sides road racing exhibit handicrafts various forms of clay is baked.
Each store has a similar taste to regulate the window. Wooden racks placed stacks of three to form the hall, also made multilevel floor making it easier to display a variety of pottery not cover each other.
Similar vessels are placed regularly in a row. That way, visitors are usually crowded at the beginning of the month will be more comfortable selecting vessels they want. One of the pottery shop owner, said she Hirman earned profits reached five hundred thousand rupiah per day. “We can bustling twice the normal day,” he explained.
The average store is the only shelf space, earthenware products. As for seeing the process of making pottery, we have to spend a little time by visiting the workshops are located in the remote hamlet. Through the village streets in the left side right side these shops, pottery-making activity will be seen not far from the mouth of the road. Rows of products that are dried clay on a local citizen’s yard as if to welcome us.
Some women seem busy smoothing the jug on the porch. Not far from where the men loading a wagon with a kitty-kitty who strung in a single bond. Wheel sound heard over the walls of most houses made of woven bamboo vessels form when the activity is in progress.
Almost all the people involved in the process of making pottery is a connective breath Pagerjurang citizens of this hamlet. Each house usually has a studio space and earthenware furnace itself. Sometimes a stove for a few houses. Meanwhile, for the pottery studio where it sometimes does not need a special place, but together with other rooms like the dining room, family room, and kitchen.
Pagerjurang society can be said can not escape from the vessels in daily life. They are soluble in producing products in both small and large scale to meet export demand. At least 2 containers of earthenware products Pagerjurang flew to Italy and Australia each month.
In a house with the door open, Purwadi, one of the residents seemed determined rolled lump of clay on a round plate to a jug. In the studio room measuring approximately 5X5 meters, he worked in between the rows of jars that have been half so the company is playing music from a stereo set on the side. Strokes as a guide to the size of the resulting product not only in written notes taped to the poles supporting the house, but also tertoreh brick wall and on the cement floor.
While in the next room is actually a family kitchen, she is none other Jumirah’s aunt was busy playing Purwadi lump of clay on a circular plate mounted sideways. “This technique turns sideways, distinctive pottery making techniques that can only be found in Hamlet Pagerjurang,” explained Jumirah.
Elsewhere, the process of making pottery is known only carried round on the mat is flat position. The craftsmen sat facing the twisted clay. While tilted rotation technique using a circular plate (perbot wheels) made from teak or mahogany with a diameter of 35-40 cm and 5-6 cm thick that is placed inclined several degrees to the front.
In addition to using the wheel (perbot) mounted sideways, this technique is also equipped with a pedal and the spring of bamboo that is driven by foot. Screening process is assisted by perbot wheel lulup (string of hearts hibiscus tree) is tied to galih (stem) perbot. During the process of making pottery, clay processing craftsmen sitting on a stool (small wooden chairs) with a sideways position. The position of the slab is inclined several degrees to the front to make small vessels and the resulting short maximum width 23.5 cm and 30 cm high.
This limitation makes things handicrafts Pagerjurang Village community has its own uniqueness. The uniqueness is supported by the quality of clay in which Purwadi Pagerjurang better than other regions that produced pottery smoother, thinner, and without connections.
Pottery-making technology which is said to grow since the Sunan Bayat in the 1700s contain ethical values are very high. Along with the Islamic religion syiar done, Sunan Bayat also teaches an ethical way of life based on harmony and cooperativeness.
The principle of harmony and cooperativeness are particularly applicable in most small communities, family environment. In a family of pottery makers have a division of tasks between the father, mother, and children. The father, for example, charge for clay, pottery burned, and then sell it, while the children helped hang the wet vessels. While the mother’s duty to process clay into earthenware products.
Tilted rotation technique is expected to develop as a response to two things, namely to facilitate the production process which was generally done by women and enable them to perform the work in accordance with the prevailing ethic. In ergonomic, tilted rotation technique gives easy job for women who in those days used to wear long kebaya cloth. In ethics, they are also required to uphold the values of decency by sitting sideways and not opening her legs when processing clay.
In addition, the technique allows the soil turns sideways to widen because of the influence of gravity, so the product can be made easily and quickly in large quantities without having to spend excessive force as happened in the flat swivel technique. One product of pottery average takes only about 3 minutes to manufacture.
At present, most vessels in Pagerjurang craftsmen still use the technique of spin sideways and some complete with play techniques used (flat round). Impressions of intelligence and wisdom of the ancestors will remain stable even though the time has changed.
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