Kerek subdistrict, Tuban residence in East Java is an area whose people work on field and have a tradition on making fabric with gedhog weaving. Each fabric produced by Kerek people have specific characteristic which distinguish them from batik fabric on another area in Indonesia. This is because they have special knowledge concerning fungtion, cosmology, aesthetics, as well as their ability on making fabric which they have been learned from generation to generation.Then, through art and design approaching through method of etnograph,visual morphology, and Focus Group Disscusion, which is convinced able to give tangible contribution for developing of art and design and impact on sustainability of tradition.Keywords: Fungtion, Kerek subdistrict, Textile, Tradition, ValueABSTRAKKecamatan Kerek, Kabupaten Tuban di Jawa Timur merupakan sebuah kawasan dengan karakteristik masyarakat peladang dan memiliki tradisi membuat kain dengan teknik tenun tradisional gedhog. Setiap lembar kain yang dihasilkan oleh masyarakat Kerek ini memiliki ciri khas pada tampilan visual, teknik, serta makna yang membedakannya dengan kain-kain batik dari daerah lain di Indonesia. Hal ini disebabkan oleh adanya kekhasan pengetahuan masyarakat Kerek terhadap konsep kosmologi dan estetika, akulturasi budaya asing dengan budaya lokal stempat, serta bekal keterampilan yang dimilikinya dalam menciptakan kain yang dipelajari secara turun temurun dari generasi ke generasi.Maka melalui pendekatan ilmu seni dan desain dengan metodologi etnografi, morfologi visual, dan kelompok diskusi terarah yang diyakini mampu memberikan kontribusi nyata bagi perkembangan dunia seni dan desain serta berdampak terhadap keberlangsungan tradisi tersebut.Kata kunci: Fungsi, Kecamatan Kerek, Nilai, Tekstil. Tradisi

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Tuban, East Java, Indonesia has a long history. Since centuries ago, Tuban has playing a role as one of ancient trading ports between western and eastern world. It has been explained Sedyawati, et al (1992) that foreign people who came to Tuban were traders came from North India, South India, Sailan, Burma, Cambodia, and Campa. As an international port, Tuban has received many foreign cultures in addition to its local culture, such as culture that was brought by Tionghoa and Gujarat people. Therefore, Tuban's development that involves international relationship also impacted to the manifestation of tradition and culture that appears in Tuban until now. One of the effects is on traditional cloth products. As has been expained Achjadi, et al (2010) that the cloth's making and coloring processes performed by Tuban community has been running since a long time ago, around 1319 AD. In addition to be used as basic material for clothes, these cloths are also used to meet special needs such as: to show social status, group's identity, ritual, and is also a part of their life philosophy. But nowadays, visualization and the use of Tuban's cloth has shifted where it no longer follows traditional standard/rules, it instead is a free and dynamic creation upon economic motivation. This condition proves that possibilities of which tradition experiences transformation as the effect of cultural reception and assimilation towards foreign tradition/foreign culture emerge. Through qualitative methodology with cultural transformation and oral tradition approaches, this research focuses on the attempt on looking at the shifting process occurs to visual identity and comparison in terms of the use of cloth as traditional clothes of Tuban community back then and now.

Some previous studies on Spirulina platensis show that this species contains pigments that can be used as natural dyes in textiles. However, research on the usage of spirulina natural pigment in certain types of conventional textile handicraft home industries in Indonesia has not been conducted. The purpose of this study is to utilize the potential of Spirulina platensis as homemade natural dyes for the development of designs in textiles. Through an experimental methodology, various experiments starting from the extraction process and dyeing were conducted to find out the right way to produce home dyes using spirulina and techniques of surface textile design to apply them in textiles. This is useful as one of the solutions today, since an increasing number of consumers are consciously seeking sustainable products, with no exception to the types of textile products. Therefore, this will provide an opportunity for business collaboration ideas in agribusiness and craft textiles. Additionally, it can add to the nature of textile natural dyes derived from various plant species in Indonesia.