CUKIL WOOD / WOODCUT

Cukil wood / woodcut is often referred to as xilografi (xylography), as the earliest technical graphics, has long been abandoned although still quite useful for some cultures, given the advantages that are beneficial to the struggles in certain circumstances.

This relief printing techniques produce images or written through the printing process using a surface sheet or sheets of wood-carved linoleum or inlaid dicukil use as a printer after spiked with paint or dye on fabric or paper slightly moistened.

If you want to use color combinations, then we must use different molds for each color used. This printing technique in contrast to intaglio printing techniques and etching (etching) is precisely the part that holds the ink is then scratched dicetakkan on paper.

The technique is wooden cukil in China have been used to print images and writings since the 5th century. while this technique was developed in Europe around the year 1400an to similar techniques by Gutenberg.

In Japan cukil wood known as Ukiyo-e, had experienced a golden age in the Edo period (1600-1868 AD). Molds in the form of fiction that many of the world bersubyekkan Geisha and prostitution are rampant in Japan during the feudal period.

With the Meiji Restoration, in response to pressure Commodore Perry with the American delegation in Tanagawa agreement in 1854 to open markets as well as civilization. Thereafter, the interprenur western art tradition has brought Japan to the western world, especially to Paris

Upon their arrival, the products of art and culture, including traditional wood cukil flooded the western world, especially Paris the center of the art at that time. homage to the painter as well as post-impressionism Impresionist troop to use the spirit, technique or effect of Ukiyo-e techniques in the work.

In Europe there are many works that use this media for social work and to express political views. Kathe Kolwitz call it that is so touching in describing the political upheaval in the future and where he stood.

While in Indonesia cukil mushrooming wood as a tool to capture reality. The use of wood cukil media never reached its golden ages when the media is carried by the Institute for Cultural Democracy Taring Padi students based ISI (Institut Seni Indonesia).

MATERIAL USED

Teak  wood

Teak wood or Latin is called Tectona grandis, is a type of timber that belongs to a class I-II durable, and strong class II. Teak wood has a particular color pattern on brown heartwood is rather young to old greenish. This teak color shades have a decorative value is very beautiful and attractive, causing him much in demand by manufacturers of furniture and woodworking industries.

Besides the beauty of style, teak has a nature that is easy to work with moderate, low-power cracks, straight or blended fibers, although the texture is slightly rough. Teak wood in its use is included special as it can be used for any purpose (versatile).

Mahogany wood

Mahogany is a classification that includes the family Meliaceae. There are two types of well-known species are Swietenia macrophylla (mahogany leaf width) and Swietenia mahagoni (small leaf mahogany). Small leaf mahogany is not recommended to be developed because it is very sensitive to shoot borer attack.

This plant grows on climate types A to D, which is the area in season or dried wet.

Altitude appropriate for this plant ranges from 0-1000 m above sea level. Plant height can reach 40 m with a trunk diameter can reach more than 100 cm.

Editorial is shaped like a dome, wood or soft pink pig, while the wooden porch red to dark brown in color. Mahogany can be used for furniture, veneer, sports equipment, musical instruments and building purposes. In order to obtain good quality wood for carpentry, wood is harvested after 30 years of age or older.

Mahogany from Central America and South America. This plant in Indonesia in 1872 through India, and developed extensively in Java around the year 1892-1902. The tree will bear fruit after the plant was 12 years old or older that is in July to August. Fruit that ripen to brown brown

Wood Suren / surian

Wood suren (toona sureni Merr) is a type of wood have red meat. Suren wood has a large shrinkage and development properties and high fracture rates. Suren wood also has a texture that is somewhat hard and somewhat soft, wavy and straight fibers included in the category of durable wood class IV and class III-IV powerful air-dry density of 0.39 on average.

Based on existing properties, suren wood is commonly used for wood tools, boards, crates, boxes
cigar, timber, plywood, door and window frames, woodenshipping, carving and sculpture, pencil,

molding. (PIKA, 1981).

Wood  Sungkai

Sungkai or teak wood called the Latin Sabrang pronema Jac canescens, is a type of timber that belongs to a class III durable and strong class II-III. Sungkai wood wooden shades terrace has air dried yellowish white. Has the properties of wood craftsmanship sungkai easy, but the breakdown is quite high, wavy and straight fibers have a slightly rough texture. Sungkai in its use of wood destined as timber, wood furnishings, flooring, boards, carving and sculpture, as well as luxury finir ornamentil wood.

Pulai wood

Pulai wood or lame, legarang, stoolwood alstonia Latin name, is a type of timber that belongs to a class III-V durable, and strong class IV. Pulai wood wooden shades terrace has air dried yellowish white. Pulai wood has properties of easy processing, flower shrinkage is, fiber blends and has a texture somewhat kasarhalus.

Wood islands in its use plywood, crates, carving and sculpture, lighters, pulp, drawing tools, molding, boards and boots hack.