Proceedings of the First International Seminar Social Science, Humanities and Education, ISSHE 2020, 25 November 2020, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Research Article

The Potential For Making Handicraft Products Using Corn Husk Fiber As An Alternative Raw Material

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.25-11-2020.2306740,
        author={Ani. M Hasan and Amir  Halid and Hasdiana  Hasdiana},
        title={The Potential For Making Handicraft Products Using Corn Husk Fiber As An Alternative Raw Material},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Seminar Social Science, Humanities and Education, ISSHE 2020, 25 November 2020, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ISSHE},
        year={2021},
        month={4},
        keywords={corn husk; fiber; raw material; weaving; handicraft},
        doi={10.4108/eai.25-11-2020.2306740}
    }
    
  • Ani. M Hasan
    Amir Halid
    Hasdiana Hasdiana
    Year: 2021
    The Potential For Making Handicraft Products Using Corn Husk Fiber As An Alternative Raw Material
    ISSHE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.25-11-2020.2306740
Ani. M Hasan1,*, Amir Halid2, Hasdiana Hasdiana3
  • 1: Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo ,Gorontalo, Indonesia
  • 2: Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Gorontalo Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Gorontalo, Indonesia
  • 3: Fine Arts Education,, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Gorontalo, Indonesia
*Contact email: has_diana@ung.ac.id

Abstract

This study offers an alternative raw material that has gone through a standardized test process for handicraft needs. The need for handicraft raw materials is increasingly varied so that tests are carried out on materials that have the potential to become alternative materials for crafts that are easily obtained in our environment. This includes sweet corn husks in Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. Provinces that have abundant maize production. This research is using experimental method. The research was conducted in three stages, namely the first stage: identification of the characteristics of the corn husk through a tensile strength test, the second stage: processing of corn husks using weaving techniques and the third stage of the product manufacturing process. The conclusion of this study shows 1). Corn husk which can be used as raw material for sweet corn husk handicraft products, 2). After soaking in CH3 COOH for 45 minutes and drying process for 3 hours, the color of the corn husks will be lighter and the strength becomes 3.58 g/tex, 3). Can be processed into handicraft products especially into wallets.