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PPI Ishikawa as one of the Indonesian student community in Japan invited Batik practitioners to design Batik motif, that not only has elements of traditional culture but also represents the character of that community. The purposes were to rise a pride of that community and to introduce Batik as Indonesian culture to local residents as well. Therefore, to fulfill those purposes, it is needed a research in designing Batik motifs that combine traditional Javanese ornaments as the original character of Batik and Japanese elements as a culture that developed around the community. The purpose of this research was to create ornaments pattern composition applied to Batik technique. The research method used was by conducting qualitative methods, including a literature study for data collection, an exploratory study of the elements of Javanese and Japanese culture, and an experiment on Batik Tulis technique. The result of this research was Batik cloth sheet with ‘Truntum’ motif as a character of Javanese Batik, combined with the statute of cherry blossom, pagoda, and heron motifs as a character of Japan.

Moving from the potencial of processing textile pattern with tessellation composititon using non-geometry elements. The technique called Escher's technique which is used with inspiration from oramental variation of Sumba's hinggi ikat weaving because it is using non-geometry elements too. The purpose of this research is for creating new variant of Ready-to-wear clothing. Mixed method applied in this research which is quantitative method by doing the experiment mathematically and qualitative method by doing observation about both the used of tessellation composition and the characteristic of Sumba's hinggi ikat weaving and literature study of Escher's technique. Next is the experiment of processing textile pattern by using Escher's technique with the inspiration of ornamental variation of Sumba's hinggi ikat weaving. The experiment results applied using surface design's technique which is digital printing and embroidery accent and developed become menswear Ready-to-wear. The used of Escher's technique for processing motif still can be developed with various inspirations.

In supporting the Blitar City government's program through Community Empowerment Towards a Tourism City, the local government inaugurated the Kembang Turi Batik Village on October 2, 2018. The goal is to preserve the Blitar batik tradition and improve the community's economy. However, their batik designs do not yet have a characteristic in the process. In 2019, research was carried out in developing the Batik Kembang Turi Biltar design, creating Batik Ratimaya to increase potential and production to be more developed and innovative. This research was conducted to determine the adaptability of innovative designs in previous studies to artisans, especially in batik production, on the effectiveness of batik development. Analyze and evaluate based on the level of adaptability in innovative designs, both in terms of design and production processes. The methodology used in this study uses qualitative methods, with data collection techniques through previous research, interviews, and observations. The implications of this research are expected to be a reference for Batik Kembang Turi designers and consider factors and aspects of innovation adaptation in developing batik product innovation strategies.

ABSTRAKBatik Kembang Turi dari Kampung Wisata Kembang Turi Blitar menjadi salah satu produk unggulan wisata Kota Blitar sejak diresmikan tahun 2018. Motif kembang turi, ikan koi, serta kendang menjadi ciri khas batik Kembang Turi. Proses kreasi stilasi dan komposisi motif batik di Kelurahan Turi terbilang masih sederhana dengan menggunakan teknik pola motif satu langkah dan karakter warna belum memiliki konsep warna yang dapat mempresentasikan ciri khas motif batik dari Kampung Batik Kembang Turi. Metode yang digunakan untuk penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif dan kuantitatif dengan pengumpulan data melalui observasi lapangan dan wawancara dengan perajin di Kampung Batik Turi. Selanjutnya, dilakukan eksperimen berupa eksplorasi pengolahan stilasi, pengolahan motif setengah langkah, dan eksplorasi warna. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah dua kreasi motif dan warna yang lebih dinamis dengan stilasi dan komposisi baru pada Batik Kembang Turi Blitar. Komposisi pola motif setengah langkah dan pola satu langkah refleksi simetri, serta konsep warna baru, sehingga terciptanya karakter motif dan warna yang dimiliki Kampung Batik Kembang Turi. Pengolahan motif ini sebagai upaya pengembangan Kampung Batik Kembang Turi serta menambah estetika dalam pengembangan pola motif batik Blitar khususnya di Kelurahan Turi.