This exhibition has many purposes, many of which is to appreciate, educate, entertain and to achieve. In the art major, this exhibition is very important because, through this activity, it is expected that artists will communicate with the public or an appreciator through their artworks.

Since 2013, it is a graduation requirement established by the School of Design (SoD) at Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH) for its students to showcase their final projects. The exhibition is also a medium for appreciating art, as well as educating the public.

Beginning at 24 May and ending at 31 May 2019, the exhibition room at Building B held an ongoing exhibition that showcases ceramic, clothes, knit, sculptures and other products and reflects the uniqueness of each artwork for the Product Design final project.

Reni, a student at her last semester, explained her product to the visitors, “In this exhibition, I explored the use of colors of chrysanthemum and rose as dyes. From my exploration, I am able to create a spectrum of colors of not only yellow, but also green, brown, and other colors.” Reni is a 2015 Product Design student at UPH and showcased the synthetic colors used in her clothing design.

In this exhibition, the students focused on one material that they are exploring for the projects and which they applied their knowledge in. Through the exploration, Reni found a new alternative to synthetic dye. There is also another student who focused on a new technique in ceramic shaping named Eka.

“In this last project, I focused on marbling decoration on ceramics. This decorating technique is still uncommon in Indonesia. I applied this technique in three products with different base materials, which are the sushi set cup with suminagashi technique, the batik series with the suminagashi technique, and other additional decoration,” explained Eka as she showed the products of her marbling technique. She also stated that she was happy to delve deeper into the technique because it has many variations.

According to the students who participated in the final project, they learned many lessons through their own self-learning. Of the many lessons, they learned how to shape materials into different shapes or designs.

Other than that there are also knitted bags made from vetiver (akar wangi), which is rarely used and found. Cindy was the one who made a product from this rare plant and in the exhibition, she explained how she went all the way to Garut in order to locate this material.

“The vetiver can be found in Indonesia and Jamaica. This raw material is uncommon to people. Because of that, I decided to process this raw material into a product that can be appreciated by the public,” Cindy commented.

When doing this final project, Cindy was also assisted by other artisans who shared techniques and skills with her in order to improve on the product creativity. As of now, there are still a few artisans who understand how to weave akar wangi.

The students also shared that the lessons gained in class, as well as the lab facilities at UPH, really helped in the process of completing their final project. In addition, the guidance from professors, their advice and constructive criticisms helped build students, allowing them to promote unique and original artworks. This exhibition has many purposes, many of which is to appreciate, educate, entertain and to achieve. In the art major, this exhibition is very important because, through this activity, it is expected that artists will communicate with the public or an appreciator through their artworks.

Since 2013, it is a graduation requirement established by the School of Design (SoD) at Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH) for its students to showcase their final projects. The exhibition is also a medium for appreciating art, as well as educating the public.

Beginning at 24 May and ending at 31 May 2019, the exhibition room at Building B held an ongoing exhibition that showcases ceramic, clothes, knit, sculptures and other products and reflects the uniqueness of each artwork for the Product Design final project.

Reni, a student at her last semester, explained her product to the visitors, “In this exhibition, I explored the use of colors of chrysanthemum and rose as dyes. From my exploration, I am able to create a spectrum of colors of not only yellow, but also green, brown, and other colors.” Reni is a 2015 Product Design student at UPH and showcased the synthetic colors used in her clothing design.

In this exhibition, the students focused on one material that they are exploring for the projects and which they applied their knowledge in. Through the exploration, Reni found a new alternative to synthetic dye. There is also another student who focused on a new technique in ceramic shaping named Eka.

“In this last project, I focused on marbling decoration on ceramics. This decorating technique is still uncommon in Indonesia. I applied this technique in three products with different base materials, which are the sushi set cup with suminagashi technique, the batik series with the suminagashi technique, and other additional decoration,” explained Eka as she showed the products of her marbling technique. She also stated that she was happy to delve deeper into the technique because it has many variations.

According to the students who participated in the final project, they learned many lessons through their own self-learning. Of the many lessons, they learned how to shape materials into different shapes or designs.

Other than that there are also knitted bags made from akar wangi, which is rarely used and found. Cindy was the one who made a product from this rare plant and in the exhibition, she explained how she went all the way to Garut in order to locate this material.

“The akar wangi can be found in Indonesia and Jamaica. This raw material is uncommon to people. Because of that, I decided to process this raw material into a product that can be appreciated by the public,” Cindy commented.

When doing this final project, Cindy was also assisted by other artisans who shared techniques and skills with her in order to improve on the product creativity. As of now, there are still a few artisans who understand how to weave akar wangi.

The students also shared that the lessons gained in class, as well as the lab facilities at UPH, really helped in the process of completing their final project. In addition, the guidance from professors, their advice and constructive criticisms helped build students, allowing them to promote unique and original artworks.