Development of Mukena with Typical Acehnese Motifs Using Printing Techniques

Current technological developments greatly support the creation of textile printing on mukena with typical Acehnese motifs because, generally, the use of motifs only uses embroidery techniques. This study aims to develop mukena products with typical Acehnese motifs using printing techniques and test the feasibility of the product. This research is a Research and Development (R&D) study using the PPE model with three stages: planning, production, and evaluation. This product was validated by one digital expert, cultural expert, and academic expert and then tested on 50 Muslim women aged 25 years and over. The data collection technique used validation sheets and questionnaires. Data analysis with descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data obtained as a percentage. Based on the digital expert test results, the overall assessment aspect obtained a percentage of 90.62% in the (outstanding) category. The results of the cultural expert test were 100% in the (outstanding) category, and the results of the academic expert test were 85.93% in the (good) category. Then, the results of the respondent trial obtained a result of 84.22% in the (good) category. The study results conclude that the mukena product with a typical Aceh motif and printing techniques is worthy of being marketed.