Batik Gedog Tuban, Easat Java

Batik gedog Tuban is an art form influenced by Javanese, Islamic and Chinese culture. Efforts to develop batik gedog in have an impact on the creative economy opening employment opportunities for the local community. The materials used production process, functions, forms and style were described in the present article. The findings show that batik craftsmen in Tuban have a high awareness of the need to preserve traditional batik art forms as the inheritors of traditional local expertise in batik manufacture. There is self-awareness on the craftsmen to preserve and maintain traditional batik gedog for future generations. Traditional batik motifs still survive today and are source of new ideas for modern motifs. Local craftsmen merge the value of old and new. Thus, there are continuity and sustainability of traditional cultural values.