It's always past midnight when I begin to re-arrange my thoughts. This time, it's about Indonesia. My country.
I was browsing instsgram account for several home & living ideas. Some account showing Jepara furniture, where one of the best wood carving can be found. Of course I am curious, so I looked it up. I am very much surprised seeing none of the traditional wood carved furniture exist! Instead, some rustic victorian & scandinavian designs are everywhere! Where did it all came from?
That's where I could say, reality bites. I adore the traditional wood carving patterns, knowing its complexity and precission. And I also understand in order to grow the business, they need to be adaptive with consumer demands. However, I didn't realize it took this much of space, leaving the tradition with only a little.
I hope those carpenter knew how prescious their skills are. How it will be a billion dollar business in this pretty much mass production, machine manufactured world. But most of all, I really hope they could nurture it because it is who we are, where we came from. Our heritage. Legacy. It is far from easy, but I am sure we'd regret it if the next generation would knew nothing about Jepara's wood carving arts and or furniture.
To whom it may concern, let's do something. It could be by purchasing, using, or even writing. They are losing their popularity..
