Abstract

Furniture handicrafts made from banana stalk fibers as a raw material have a huge opportunity as an export commodity. In addition, this furniture craft has various advantages including the abundance of natural fiber raw materials, its relative cheapness, and the easy production process without the need for expensive tools or machines. However, even with cheap raw materials, the selling be quite competitive, considering aspects of better design, engineering, and production process development. This research reveals the problem existing furniture handicrafts that use banana stalk fiber and the potential that can be developed from existing crafts, both in the production process and in developing the design. This research is more focused on the production process and design development to solve problems in the development sector through business work in the art of woven furniture utilizing banana stalk fibers. This is closely related to design as an applied art.

Keywords

Banana stalk; natural fiber; woven furniture

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The existence and potential of woven banana stalks furniture in Trangsan village Indonesia

Furniture handicrafts made from banana stalk fibers as a raw material have a huge opportunity as an export commodity. In addition, this furniture craft has various advantages including the abundance of natural fiber raw materials, its relative cheapness, and the easy production process without the need for expensive tools or machines. However, even with cheap raw materials, the selling be quite competitive, considering aspects of better design, engineering, and production process development. This research reveals the problem existing furniture handicrafts that use banana stalk fiber and the potential that can be developed from existing crafts, both in the production process and in developing the design. This research is more focused on the production process and design development to solve problems in the development sector through business work in the art of woven furniture utilizing banana stalk fibers. This is closely related to design as an applied art.

 

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