Spirit And Figure of Ratu Kalinyamat in Contemporary Batik Muh Fakhrihun Na’am¹, Deni Setiawan², Wulansari Prasetyaningtyas³ {fakhri.artworker@mail.unnes.ac.id 1 , deni.setiawan@mail.unnes.ac.id 2 , wulan_sari@mail.unnes.ac.id 3 } Department of Family Welfare, Faculty of Engineering, UNNES, Semarang, Indonesia 13 Department of Primary Education, Faculty of Education, UNNES, Semarang, Indonesia 2 Abstract. Creativity in creating and producing the contemporary batik originated from traditional arts, either its form, ideas for creation, or historical reference of the local figuration of Ratu Kalinyamat, is an effort to promote and to popularize batik by making innovation on the decorative designs, to the common people and to the industrial community of Nusantara batik. The batik artists are the main character in the promotion of traditional batik publicly. The community is a group of artists who play the role to create the trend of decorative motifs in order that the popularity of the traditional batiks wrapped in contemporary crafts can be meaningful things to the batik fanatics. The personal and social interaction within the artists cycles when creating batik originated from the traditional artworks and the values of traditional arts on the contemporary batik works, it is interesting to be scrutinized as sociological analysis or arts. In addition to viewing the social correlation between batik artists and the artworks lovers, it also is aimed at understanding the meaning of the traditional arts ideas originated from Ratu Kalinyamat created through the form of contemporary batik. Thus, we find out that the ideas coming from the traditional arts are the main foundation of the contemporary batik creation. Keywords: Ratu Kalinyamat; Batik; traditional arts 1 Introduction Ratu Kalinyamat has track record that is very important to Jepara people, figure of maritime city pioneer and the history of her popularity in the past as part of the Nusantara wealth, that is properly made motivation. The phenomenal female figure that can be role model and has positive impact on local and national interests. Viewing the potential, the artists have special space and functions in terms of artworks creation inspiration searching and innovation. The artists as the arts creator should prioritize the ability of creavity actualized into the innovative fine artworks, so they create esthetical experience on their lovers. Actions and rites are the integral parts of the figures and the authorities’ cultural activities in terms of governing. In addition to the invasion to Malaka against the Portuguese imperialism, Ratu Kalinyamat in advance conducted meditation and soaking ritual that leaves the trace that still is existing, i.e. in Donorojo Jepara. Rituals are the activity that become the heart of the batik works creation. Ritual is interpreted as a journey in which there is an illustration of the activities during the rites connoted as a traditional ceremony. So are the daily activities that inspire the creation of batik works. ICEHHA 2021, June 03-05, Flores, Indonesia Copyright © 2021 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.3-6-2021.2310921