Traditional

Filipin
Art Local Materials and Techniques
Ma. Mavel C. Montederamos
12- Rousseau
Mrs. Jovee Lyn Villeges

Arts in the Philippines refer to all the various forms of the

arts that have developed and accumulated in the
Philippines from the beginning of civilization in the country
up to the present era. They reflect the range of artistic
influences on the country's culture, including indigenous
forms of the arts, and how these influences have honed the
country's arts. These arts are divided into two distinct
branches, namely, traditional arts and non-traditional arts.

WEAVING POTTERY
is an old art form that is still
Filipino pottery had other
practiced in the Philippines
uses as well. During the
today, with different weaving
Neolithic period of the
techniques used by different ethnic
Philippines, pottery was
groups. Basket weaving, back-strap loom
made for water vessels,
weaving, headpiece weaving, fishnet
weaving, and other types of weaving are
plates, cups, and for many
among the weaving skills. other uses.

CARVING BASKETRY Intricate designs

and forms have

The techniques used combine
evolved in the Philippines'

indigenous and Hispanic styles,

exquisite art of basket

resulting in a Hispanic-Asian weaving for specialized

wood art fusion. Paete, Laguna reasons such as harvesting,

is one of the most well-known rice storage, travel .

woodcarving destinations in the packages, sword cases, and so on. Human

country, particularly for religious migration is thought to have brought the art

Hispanic sculpture. to the archipelago, with people in the north

being the first to learn it

Folk graphic and plastic arts

Folk graphic arts stand out with their artistic peculiarities : clear, logically balanced
composition, decorative expressive line, monumentality, harmony of background
elements and plastic and color interaction of figures.

The fields under folk graphic and plastic arts are

tattooing, folk writing, and folk drawing and

painting.

traditional arts/ culture

Traditional categories within the arts include literature

(including poetry, drama, story, and so on), the visual arts

(painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.), the graphic arts (painting,

drawing, design, and other forms expressed on flat surfaces),

the plastic arts (sculpture, modeling), the decorative arts