TRAINING PROGRAM FOR DESIGNING WOOD AND RESIN-BASED JEWELLERY IN SATRIA SRENGSENG VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL WEST JAKARTA

Abstract

Jewellery craft is a business with promising opportunity since nowadays numerous materials might be processed into wonderful jewellery as long as the aspects of aesthetic in the jewellery draw the interest of the potential customers and possess the values of beauty and uniqueness. Therefore, rather than being a part of individual collection, jewellery offers good business potentials. In relation to the statement, simple material design in the form of wood waste in combination with resin starts to be an excellent alternative both in the domestic and in the foreign market. In the same time, many designers and also businessmen start to pay attention to market potentials of the products that have been the combination of the two materials. Based on the consideration toward the simple design yet special skills and high level of creativity, the combination of wood waste and resin should be introduced to the public, especially to the students or the teenagers, so that the spirit of creativity altogether with the business potentials might be a role model of entrepreneurship in the future. For ensuring the achievement of
this end, a training program in the form of practical materials for the designing process should be designed altogether with the creativity development and the marketing initiatives with low budget. Thereby, the participants of the training program might design jewellery with high sale value yet low budget. Departing from this elaboration, the researcher would like to implement such training program into the community directly. Through the implementation of such program, it is expected that the given community might develop their marketing potentials and business quality. Furthermore, through the implementation of such program, it is also expected that the young designers within the given community becomes well-trained to design the export-scale products to meet both the domestic market and the foreign market. The researcher believes that by introducing the design skills to the young generation, especially to the students, the business spirit and interest might be developed. Then, the training program of designing wood and resin-based jewellery offer good aspects in directing the active business potentials and the positive creativity within the community. One of the efforts that might be pursued in achieving this objective is introducing the design of such jewellery altogether with the practice of jewellery design in the senior and vocational high schools located throughout West Jakarta. Within
this initiative, the focus of the study, as part of Community Service Program, is one of the vocational high schools in West Jakarta namely Satria Jakarta Vocational High Schools located in Srengseng 26A RT 5/RW 6, Srengseng, Kembangan, West Jakarta.