Departing from research on the conditions of the development of Indonesian traditional carving culture in Jepara, Central Java. In the midst of the psychological changes of today's young generation to act in an instant and practical way, coupled with the unequal distribution of the people's economy in each region, this phenomenon has not been spared in the city where I was born. The emergence of textile factories with the positive aim of changing the local community's economy with employment has also had an impact on the development of the culture of sculpture and relief carving in Jepara. Job vacancies in factories with fixed and high salaries are the most efficient choice according to them. The community only needs to register when there are vacancies at several factories and then the factory selects them for assignment assignments. The community, especially young people who are most affected by the consumptive culture, tend to think money-oriented in terms of choosing jobs, both those who graduated from art schools and the general public. As a result, due to high human resources, an unequal economy and a modernized mindset that results in a consumptive and pragmatic nature, people choose to work in factories with more stable salaries. In smaller groups, namely in Jepara woodcraft and carving educational institutions, there is a lack of extra teaching staff because the carving teachers are retired and the system for paying extra-curricular teacher honorariums is not yet clear to teachers within the school itself, while teachers or extra teacher staff from outside of school are only paid with money/funds from school operational assistance from the government for each educational institution. In fact, learning and appreciating the art of carving since school is an early and effective way that can reduce the potential for changes in the character of local communities, especially the next generation, to respond to the importance of preserving culture in their area. modernization of employment and lack of oversight in the education sector which gave rise to the maintenance of a consumptive culture and the weakening of character control. This shows that the potential for progress and extinction of an ancestral culture in one area depends on the psychology of the people there in the current generation. From the incident above, the bad potential is in the consumptive and money-oriented attitude of the young generation coupled with modernization which is normatively positive for economic changes in the local community, but has an impact on enthusiasm for the development of local arts and culture.
