Republic of the Philippines

SORSOGON STATE UNIVERSITY

Sorsogon City Campus
College of Teacher Education and Midwifery
Magsaysay St., Sorsogogon City

Brief History
Archaeological masterpieces of pottery that at least to the high level of artistic skills that
ancient filipinos possessed
Site included Palawan, Kulaman Plateau, Sorsogon, Samar, Calatagan, Batangas,
Kalinga and many more.

STONEWARE

Traditional pot-making in certain areas of the Philippines would use clay found near the
Sibalom River. Molding the clay required the use of wooden paddles, and the clay had to be
kept away from sunlight.

Native Filipinos created pottery since 3500 years ago.[1] They used these ceramic jars to hold
the deceased.[2]

Other pottery used to hold remains of the deceased were decorated with anthropomorphic
designs. These anthropomorphic earthenware pots date back to 5 BC. - 225 A.D and had pot
covers shaped like human heads.

Filipino pottery had other uses as well. During the Neolithic period of the Philippines, pottery
was made for water vessels, plates, cups, and for many other uses.

Pottery Functions
Pots are ceramic vessels that are made by molding clay into its wanted shape and then leaving
it in an environment with an elevated temperature thereby making it solid and sturdy. It is widely
recognized as one of better tools that humans invented since it managed to store the surplus of
food Neolithic humans gathered.

Kalinga Pottery

A jar from the Philippines housed at the Honolulu

Museum of Art, dated from 100–1400 CE.
In Kalinga, ceramic vessels can be used for two
situations: daily life use and ceremonial use. Daily life
uses include the making of rice from the pots and the
transfer of water from nearby water bodies to their
homes.

Bagupantao Pottery

• Bagupantao Plain

Majority of the pots’ paste is red-brown in

color, with gray or black as the
minority. Its texture ranges from fine to
medium and its thickness is usually 5– 8
mm in length. The common forms of the
pots are jars with wide to narrow
mouths and its normally large (a body diameter of 24 to 35 cm).
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SORSOGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Sorsogon City Campus
College of Teacher Education and Midwifery
Magsaysay St., Sorsogogon City

PRINT MAKING

Print Making in the Philippines

He left the Philippines in the 19 6 0 sfor New York to pursue a

Rockefeller printmaking scholarship at the prestigious Pratt Graphic
Center. It was during 19 6 0 - 6 2 that Rodriguez worked in the print
department of the Museum of Modern Art, after which he repeatedly
visited the famed Atelier 17 in Paris, run by British artist and teacher
Stanley William Hayter.

In the 1930s Rodriguez was first introduced to the art of printmaking

and in 19 4 8 he spent a lot of his time reproducing his paintings via
screen printing methods. Rodriguez began to really experiment with
printmaking in the 1950s, making greeting cards of rural Philippine life.

Printmaking in the Philippines did not gain popularity as an art

form until the early 1960s. Manuel Rodrigo Sr. and Rodolfo
Paras-Perez were responsible for the development of interest
in contemporary printmaking techniques. Rodriguez in
particular became known as the Father of Philippine
Printmaking.

TATTOO ART

Batok, batek, patik, or batik, among other names, are

general terms for indigenous tattoos of the
Philippines.[1] Tattooing on both sexes was practiced
by almost all ethnic groups of the Philippine Islands
during the pre-colonial era. Like in other Austronesian
groups, these tattoos were made traditionally with
hafted tools tapped with a length of wood (called the
"mallet"). Each ethnic group had specific terms and
designs for tattoos, which are also often the same
designs used in other artforms and decorations like in
pottery and weaving. Tattoos range from being
restricted only to certain parts of the body to covering
the entire body. Tattoos were symbols of tribal
identity and kinship, as
well as bravery, beauty,
and social or wealth
status.

Tattooing
traditions were lost as
Filipinos were converted
to Christianity during the Spanish colonial era. Tattooing were also
lost in some groups (like the Tagalog and the Moro people) shortly
before the colonial period due to their (then recent) conversion to
Islam. It survived until around the 19th to the mid-20th centuries in
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College of Teacher Education and Midwifery
Magsaysay St., Sorsogogon City

more remote areas of the Philippines, but also fell out of practice due to modernization and
western influence. Today, it is a highly endangered tradition and only survives among some
members of the Cordilleran peoples of the Luzon highlands,[2] some Lumad people of the
Mindanao highlands,[6] and the Sulodnon people of the Panay highlands.

TEXTILE WEAVING

A few years back, Philippine traditional weaving practices and colourful indigenous textiles were
put into the spotlight when it was put on permanent exhibition at the National Museum through
the efforts of Sen. Loren Legarda. Entitled, “Hibla ng Lahing Pilipino: The Artistry of Philippine
Textiles,” the exhibition highlighted the distinct creativity and DNA of the Filipino people among
other cultures through the fabric.

1. Textile weaving- impart knowledge about people’s belief system.

Examples: pis siyabit and malong

2. Traditional weaving- fibers are gathered from plants, and pigment are extracted
from roots, etc.

3. Mat and basket weaving

Examples: Tepo Mat and Ovaloid Baskets

Bubo- fish trap made of bamboo-strips from Ilocos Region

References
Wikipedia (n.d.) Philippine ceramics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_ceramics
Prezi.com (n.d) History of Print Making in the Philippines
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Sorsogon City Campus
College of Teacher Education and Midwifery
Magsaysay St., Sorsogogon City

https://prezi.com/qptmwbdrt3rr/history-of-print-making-in-the-philippines/
Wikipedia (n.d.) Batok
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batok
Slideshare (n.d.)Arts philippine art movement
https://www.slideshare.net/NureenAlizahOsbucan/arts-philippine-art-
movement