Will Enliven puppet Glass Painting Exhibition " Ngaji Puppet "

(Koleksi Subandi Giyanto) 

Wayangpedia.com- Who would have thought of solicitation teachers attended the anniversary event Sangar Bamboo 39 years ago. Can make Subandi Giyanto puppet now known as a painter of glass.

It began when a brother in Sangar Bamboo, Mas Hardiyono, Sangar members are proficient Bamboo glass painting, ask Subandi ( nickname Subandi Giyanto ) to teach her ​​sister plastered on the glass medium. Although it was hesitant because it has not been painted on the glass. Men born June 22, 1958 is still menyangupi the request. At first, the paintings made fails, the picture upside down, because the same techniques used by menyungging shadow puppets.

Slowly but surely, from the failed experience over time father of two children finally find the right techniques, such as coloring should start from the old color first, then later the light color.

Experience life as a kid leather puppet craftsmen, who live with completely mediocre, making Subandi after graduating from Yogyakarta Teachers' Training College ( now UNY ) decided to seek employment income is fixed , teachers were to be chosen.

Subandi assume that by having a fixed salary, he will calm and comfortable in the work. SMK Negeri 5 Yogyakarta not want their children to like him as a child, who must sell leather puppets in order to eat.

The love Subandi to puppet making the theme of his work is always related to the world of puppetry. The figures are often painted, the clown. According to him, Semar, Gareng, Petruk, and Bagong is a symbol of the people, so it can be flexible in the telling.

The creative process of making a work, usually stems from pitutur old people first, or of hearing / seeing an event, then expressed in the form of painting, such as the painting above, entitled " Sholat iku wajib, shodaqoh iku utama" the idea initially appears after hearing the recitation on the radio. The Kiai in his lecture frequently repeating the word "Sholat iku wajib, shodaqoh iku utama".

Painting January 2014 contains the value of the call to prayer philosophical and shodaqoh. In the picture there are characters Petruk, and Bagong Gareng. Petruk be Kiai figure that invites Gareng and Bagong for prayer and shodaqoh. Although Gareng have a thin body and small (the personification of the poor), he's happy to give shodaqoh. It is inversely proportional to the Bagong, despite having a body fat (the personification of the rich), but Eman divide his property to shodaqoh .

Painting puppet Subandi glass you can enjoy the exhibition forms themed puppet "Ngaji Puppet" 27-30 Novermber 2014 in Pesantren Kaliopak. ( KHR )


Link> Ngaji Puppet

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