Jepara Wood Carving In Industry 4.0 Era

: Industrial development has now entered in a new era known as the Industry 4.0. This change certainly affects culture in global and local communities. One of them is the Jepara wood carving industry, where the interest of young carving artists towards Jepara wood carving art seems to be diminishing. This study wanted to find out how far the industrial revolution 4.0 had an influence on woodcarving industry players in Jepara so that effective solutions could be obtained to develop wood carving creations from the younger generation. The purpose of this study is to document and analyze the behavior of wood carving actors who have made use of technological advancements and automation as an effort to transform technology to improve the creation of quality carving works, both in terms of product distribution and aspects of production efficiency. This research critically contains the influence of Industry 4.0 trends on woodcarving industry players and how the attitudes and readiness of Jepara wood carving artists face the industrial era 4.0. The challenge of changing the Industry 4.0 towards wood carving creative actors is expected to be the answer and have an impact on the distribution chain of wood carving products and the quality of wood carving. In this study the methodology used was: literature study, field observations, interviews with Jepara carvings and Jepara carving documentation. The results of the study show that there are wood carving artists who use digital media to market wood carving in Jepara. In addition, this study also found two things that are quite important, how artists carve take a positive position in accepting the presence of renewable technology, so that carving actors also change in accordance with technological changes and developments in industry progress, and how the handwork skills that have been owned generation can be combined with the progress of automation