KERAMIK TRADISIONAL VERSUS KERAMIK MODERN DI SENTRA GERABAH KASONGAN

Abstract

Ceramic artists and observers play an important role in the development c f traditional pottery
products in Kasongan. Pottery products, which were only kitchenwares, have been transformed into both
functional and decorative products. Decorative nuance, as the product's characteristic o f this village, is
made by patching technique. Such a technique has made the village o f Kasongan become a famous tourist
destination.
Foreign demand fo r minimum or eliminated decorative patching has resulted in the disappearance o f
the patching technique. Thus, modern pottery products are combined with such other materials as agel,
rattan, stern o f banana bunch, and others.
The requirements o f becoming more competitive and obtaining a good market has changed the
attitudes of Kasongan people to adjust to ongoing development. This has resulted in the fading o f the
traditional patching technique for the products. This paper is expected to provide further analysis o f the
prospects o f Kasongan village development as vxll as an attempt to preserve the patching technique which
used to be a characteristic o f Kasongan pottery.
Keywords: Ceramics, Patching technique.