Utilization of Rice Husk Waste for Paper Raw Materials as An Arabic Calligraphy Media

Main Article Content

Ahmad Zarnuji
Hanif Amrulloh
Isnaini Nur Azizah
Keywords: Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), Arabic Calligraphy, Rice Husk Paper, Calligraphy Paper Production

Rice husk is an organic waste found in Indonesia as a raw material for paper products. The society has not yet realized that the material could also be a medium of Arabic calligraphy. This research-based community service action aims to introduce the benefits of rice husk as a raw material for making paper. To practice the production of paper from rice husk as the basis for making Arabic calligraphy art, so it is needed to make a business community of paper production from rice husk based on Arabic calligraphy. By using the Asset-Based Community Development method, the community mentoring process is carried out by helping the business community of rice husk paper based on Arabic calligraphy during the production to the marketing process. To control the quality of the art of Arabic calligraphy, the EL-KA Lampung calligraphy community was involved. The result shows that the Arabic calligraphy created by the assisted community has high artistic value with different textures from rice husk paper, then it was created a rice husk paper business community based on Arabic calligraphy.

Al-Faruqi, Isma’il R.; Al-Faruqi, Lois Lamya; Hasan, Ilyas; Atlas Budaya Islam: Menjelajah Khazanah Peradaban Gemilang. Bandung: Penerbit Mizan, 2003.
Ambary, Hasan Muarif., and Jajat Burhanuddin. Menemukan Peradaban : Jejak Arkeologis Dan Historis Islam Indonesia. Ciputat: Logos Wacana Ilmu, 1998.
Ismail, Muhammad Shoaib, and A.M. Waliuddin. “Effect of Rice Husk Ash on High Strength Concrete.” Construction and Building Materials 10, no. 7 (October 1, 1996): 521–526.
Kretzmann, John P., John McKnight, Ill.). Institute for Policy Research. Northwestern University (Evanston, and Ill.). Asset-Based Community Development Institute. Northwestern University (Evanston. Building Communities from the inside out : A Path toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets. The Asset-Based Community Development Institute, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 1993.
Metro, BPS Kota. Metro Dalam Angka 2016. Metro: BPS Kota Metro, 2016.
Ristianingsih, Yuli, Nelli Angraeni, and Annisa Fitriani. “Proses Pembuatan Kertas Dari Kombinasi Limbah Ampas Tebu Dan Sekam Padi Dengan Proses Soda.” CHEMPUBLISH JOURNAL 2, no. 2 (February 6, 2018): 21–32.
Sri Widowati. “Use of Side Products of Rice Mills in Support of Agroindustry.” Buletin Agrobio 4, no. 1 (2001): 33–38.
Susy Yunita Prabawati, and Abdul Gani Wijaya. “Pemanfaatan Sekam Padi Dan Pelepah Pohon Pisang Sebagaibahan Alternatif Pembuat Kertas Berkualitas.” Aplikasia, Jurnal Aplikasi Ilmu-Ilmu Agama IX, no. 1 (June 1, 2008): 44–56.
Ahmad Zarnuji, Hanif Amrulloh, & Isnaini Nur Azizah. (2019). Utilization of Rice Husk Waste for Paper Raw Materials as An Arabic Calligraphy Media. Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat, 3(1), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.52166/engagement.v3i1.49