Traditional Techniques Applied to Contemporary Techniques.

Technique, is the manner in which artists use and manipulate materials to achieve the desired formal
effect and communicate the desired concept or meaning according to his or her personal style.

Traditional technique
1. Wood carving, is an art that has been practiced all over the world but very avidly in Southeast Asia
where great pieces of woodwork have been crafted throughout the ages. Siem Reap was a center of
arts for many years during the Angkor Emphire, with sculptures of Apsara, Angkor tales and other
stories regularly adorning the royal compounds. Today, these very same sculptures are made by
craftsmen and placed in hotels all over Siem Reap.
2. Silk-screen printing, one of the most popular printing techniques and is most used by companies
when printing design onto products of different sizes and materials. It has been used for more than
100 years in the commercial and artistic sector and is mainly used for printing images and designs on
T-shirts, tote bags, paper, wood, ceramics and other materials.
3. Analogue Photography, refers to photography using an analogue camera and film. A roll of film
loaded into the camera and the magic begins once you start clicking: light interacts with the
chemicals in the film and an image is recorded. The pictures collected in your film roll come to life
when the film is processed in a photo lab.
4. Filmmaking, film production is the process of making a film. The direction and production of films
for the cinema or television is a visual storytelling. Filmmaking involves a number of discrete stages
including an initial story, idea or commission through screenwriting, casting, shooting, sound
recording and reproduction, editing and screening the finished product before an audience that may
result in a film release and exhibition.

Traditional Techniques Used in Philippine Arts

1. Wood Carving – a technique encompassing any form of working wood with a tool into some sort
of aesthetic object.  
2. Molding – a technique of shaping liquid or pliable material such as clay. Traditional pottery
making in the Philippines involves the method of molding. Pottery making in the Philippines is
one of the longest traditions in Philippine art. 
3. Fabric Weaving - Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or
threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Textile hand-weaving is one of the
most attractive and interesting traditional crafts of the Philippines, imbued with romanticism
and laden with cultural significance. The Ilocano still practice hand-weaving using the pedal
loom. Their materials are cotton and natural dyes, although now they use store-bought threads
and synthetic dyes. They know several weaving techniques and designs, passed down to many
generations. 
4. Basketry Technique - There are four different types of basketry methods: coiling, plaiting,
wickering, and twining. Some of the terms that are specific to basket weaving include loops,
twining, ribs, and spokes. The common raw materials used in making baskets are rattan, abaca,
nito, tikog, buri, bamboo, pandan, coconut leaves and sticks, palm leaves, and beeswax. There
are several baskets that use combined raw materials.