REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

COMISSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ( CHED )

DIVISION OF LEYTE
EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY- TANAUAN CAMPUS
TANAUAN LEYTE

HANDICRAFTS (NATIVE CRAFTS: FOR TRIMMINGS AND ACCESSORIES)

TECH GFD 223

PREPARED BY: JANICE JENNYLYN C. CESAR

COOPERATING TEACHER: MRS. EMELITA Y. EGUILLOS

MODULE 1 : INTRODUCTION
LESSON 1

1.1 DEFINATION OF HANDICRAFTS

 HANDICRAFTS is define as type of crafts where people make things using on their
own hands or with basic tools skilfully.

 HANDICRAFTS is the art of creating products using raw materials and indigenous
materials.

 HANDICRAFTS it develop the skills and creative interest of a person towards a

particular craft or trade.
  HANDICRAFTS is expressed as artisanal handicrafts or handmade, is any of wide
variety types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by
one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated related tools.

ANOTHER TERM FOR “ HANDICRAFT”

 CRAFT
 HANDIWORK
 CRAFTWORK
 ART
 WORKMASHIP
 SKILLS
 CRAFTMANSHIP
 ARTISANSHIP

1.2 HISTORY OF HANDICRAFTS

The very first handicrafts to be made by humans started right at the dawn of mankind’s
evolution-making,
Induced by the need of food, the need of tools that were to be forged in order to hunt
for prey, to stored for harvested food, and the primal instinct of survival.
Homo habilis relied on objects from their environment and shaped surrounding
materials to their will, which resulted in creation of the first handicrafts ever made.
TOOLS! TOOLS & WEAPONS, like spears and axes which they used in order survive, to
hunt, to protect themselves in their wild habitats and to climb over predators higher than
themselves on the food chain.
YES, those are handicrafts, and they built a creative artistic basis for evolution of the
hand-made craft.

As mankind evolved, so did the crafts of handmade!

It played a part that grew bigger & bigger in human existence and societies flourishing into a
way of portrayal of art, culture and heritage of individual societies.

In addition to conveying craftsmen’s opinions, emotions, and a great way to document

historical snippets around the world and throughout the times .
 The craftsman in his work relies on their individual mental and manual skills which grow
through the practice of the craft itself. They use raw ores and substances from their
surrounding environment and shape them into expressive pieces of art, which in return, fill
their hearts with joy and a sense of fulfilment when they eventually see the final form of the
artifacts their hands have made come to realization.

The craft gives its master (maker) a greater sense of value and empowers their
confidence in themselves, especially when their productions are difficult or impossible to
achieve using machines and an even greater sense of accomplishment when those
productions benefits others in their societies.
That is why handicrafts are not of great expense but of great value, especially those
aren’t practiced and those hard to learn and create, and those that belong to a craft that is
more difficult to preserve.

During the rule of the ROMAN EMPIRE,

Many hand-made crafts flourished such as the craft of mosaic, pottery, crafts of fabrics, and
the crafts of glass.
That was due to the ascension of the arts within the craft of hand-made and the taste
of the consumers, especially the lavish ones who were in pursuit of luxury. The next phase
of prosperity of handicrafts, came later during the Islamic Era “Omayyad Era”, during
Damascus become even more renowned for its production of traditional handicrafts like
etched, embedded and shelled wooden furniture, copper tools, battle weapons, pottery,
ornaments, and a variety of crafts.

“PHILIPPINE HANDICRAFTS INDUSTRY: their benefits and importance”

Almost every family in the Philippines owns one or more handicrafts products, baskets,
brooms, feather dusters, bamboo sofa set, cabinets and other more furniture. Accessories
like earrings, bracelets, necklaces and other clothing apparel made from native products like
beads, shells, seeds, and others.

Philippines is blessed with rich natural resources, they used the raw materials from
trees, plants, and other natural resources that are very abundant and turned them into
useful tools or instruments. All together, this sector is providing livelihood to more than 1
million Filipinos nationwide.
Moreover, handicrafts industry importance:
 It promotes our cultural heritage through the use of indigenous materials.
 Handicrafts products show an individual creativity and lofty imagination.
 Producers of raw materials will be encouraged to produced more.
  Employment is generated especially for undergraduates.
 Values of perseverance and industry are developed.

1.3 BASIC ELEMENTS OF HANDICRAFTS

1. DESIGN – is an idea or an engagement scheme that is expressed by the designer to have

a perspective to the object and will help us visualize the expected finished products.

2. MATERIAL – refers to the basic substance either in its natural, modified, or semi-
processed state that is used as an input to production process for subsequent
modification or transformation into finished product.

3. TECHNIQUE – is simply the method and process of treating the materials to construct
the object. This will help to determine the tools and equipment to be used.

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