ECO FRIENDLY PIGMENT FROM TAMARIND SEEDS FOR PAINTING APPLICATION Cucu Retno Yuningsih; Donny Trihanondo; Adrian Permana Zen; Teddy Ageng Maulana; Iqbal Prabawa Wiguna
Telkom University
Abstract
Indonesia is a tropical country that has an abundance of flora. Various types of plants are widely cultivated and used for many needs. Tamarind or Tamarindus indica is one of the most famous trees and fruit in Indonesia. Now these plant wastes are starting to be processed to be taken by the artisans to be made into powder or powdered tamarind seeds (Gutha Tamarind). Acid seeds which are processed into fine powder are then mixed with water and vegetable fat or butter to form a paste. Gutha tamarind becomes a substitute for wax or clay used in the batik process. In fact, gutha tamarind is often referred to as cold batik because it does not use a heater like process commonly found when using clay or better known as batik gutha tamarind. Gutha Tamarinds exploration as a technique in painting aims to make technical innovations and this tamarind gutha can be used as an aesthetic element in painting. The research method will carried out by developing techniques in painting through exploration of the gutha tamarind medium as a color barrier and showing various artistic breakthroughs generated by the variety of research and exploration of its constituent materials into paintings as a substitute medium for brush strokes. It is hoped that the results of this study will add insight into the use of environmentally friendly plant waste and produce paintings with aesthetic elements and new artistic breakthroughs.
