Lesson 2: Local Materials Used in Creating Art

Local materials in the Philippines are materials that are naturally and locally found
in a specific places. Here are some examples:

MATERIAL PRODUCTS
Abaca belongs to Banana family. Its fiber slippers, ropes, twine, hammock, frame,
has a natural luster with colors ranging from display jar, jars, Chelsea chair
pure white to ivory and dark brown. Eastern
Visayas is the widest
abaca supplier.

Photo Credit: Cecille B. Mamatan

MATERIAL PRODUCTS
Bakbak is the outermost covering or leaf mat, bangkuay bin, boxes, bin, display,
sheath of the abaca stalk. It is a flat thick jar, Cecilia dining table, and arm chair
durable sheath as twine or braided. The
strong brown fiber is used to make furniture.
MATERIAL PRODUCTS
Bamboo is a raw material used in creating many kubing, bungkaka, tongatong, angklung,
products. It is used in construction, textile, pateteg, gabbang
musical instruments, weapons, and many more. It
is abundant in La Union, Pampanga,
Capiz, Cebu and Bukidnon

Photo credit: Karlo Psalm M. Tabala

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MATERIAL
Buntal is a cylindrically shaped fiber. The
supple ivory white strands are quite durable,
pliable, and have good dyeing qualities. The
most noted producers are the provinces of
Bohol, Pangasinan, Marinduque and Quezon.
PRODUCTS
bags, shoes, desk accessories like pen
holder, picture frames, file trays, wallets,
place mats, braide, lampshades, window
blinds

MATERIAL PRODUCTS
Buri is extracted from the matured hats, bags, baskets, memorabilia boxes,
leaves of the buri palm. The fiber is perfume tray, & other woven products
durable and resistant to moisture. .

MATERIAL PRODUCTS
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Pandan is a tropical plant. It is processed baskets, hats, picture frames and bags
and transformed into splints that are being
used as raw material which are abundant in
MATERIAL PRODUCTS
Calatrava
Coir is thein fibrous
the Visayas.
material surrounding the indoor or outdoor fiber carpets, wall
fruit of the coconut tree which are abundant covering, doormat, trellises, and geo
in CALABARZON, Northern textiles
Mindanao and Davao Region

MATERIAL PRODU
MATERIALS PRODUCTSCTS
Nito is belongs
Rattan a plant to
belonging
the palmtofamily.
the fern family
There are that bags,
baskets, breadframes,
picture tray, lampshade
furniture and other
grows abundantly in the hinterlands of Mindanao. and decorative jar
different types of rattan palms, such as high or novelty items, Zoya lounge chair,
abundantly
low in single
climbers, the hinterlands
stemmed of Mindanao in Valencia queen size bed, Rest divan.
Southern
or Philippines.
clustered rattan species.
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 ACTIVITY 1: LET’S APPRECIATE!

Directions: Observe your own community. Identify the available local materials and
cite the products made out of these materials.

MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN MY COMMUNITY PRODUCTS

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ACTIVITY 2 –LET’S REFLECT!

Directions: Write a reflection on the importance of localized materials in your life as a

student.

Criteria:
Content - 5 points
Organization of ideas - 10 points
Creativity - 5 points
20 points