DESAIN ALAT MEMBATIK (CANTING) YANG ERGONOMIS DAN INOVATIF UNTUK DIFABLE

Abstract

Batik has recognized by UNESCO as one of the world cultural heritages from Indonesia. It constitutes an identity of Indonesian culture, which owns a picturesque artefact. This batik is made from a piece of white fabric, wax, and dye. The process of its manufacturing requires a high skill in creativity, thoroughness, and deep patience. Furthermore, it is also needed a special equipment which is known as "Canting". This equipment is a traditional tool for painting batik in various kind of unique sketch design. The tool is operated by hand such that normal craftsmen are needed. However most of the disable people that have no arm is interested in painting batik as a good craftsman. Thus, it is significant to provide the canting operated by foot. Objective of this study is to design an ergonomic and innovative canting to accommodate disable people whose foot for painting. Survey was conducted to identify user’s criteria with distributing questioner. Theory of inventive problem solving is used as a method to determine the inventive principle of design by identifying contradiction between improving feature and worsening feature. Physical specification is developed based on this principle and statistical analysis is implemented to test the hypothesis for validation of the purposed design. Result of this study shows that the developed innovative canting is valid to satisfy disable user requirement at 5% of significant level and easy to operate by foot ergonomically.