Republic of the Philippines

SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY

Rosario, Tandag City, Surigao del Sur
GRADUATE STUDIES

MSTHE 210 – HANDICRAFT

EDUCATION
 meaning "originating in
and characteristic of a
particular region or
country".

These are materials that are naturally and locally found in a

specific place or area.
 vary depending
on the
Geographic Features

location

Climate condition of a
region
- are easily accessible, and can be found everywhere.

In our Locality, the most common forms of

indigenous materials are:

 Coconut trees
 Bamboo
 Palm Leaves
 Canes
 Abaca
- Is a traditional rocking chair made of bamboo splits.
- Is a newfangled type of picture frame created by forming
intricate designs and geometric shapes. Its names derived from
the beauty of images being placed into frames.
- The typical trendy pair of sandalyas is now made indigenous and
original by weaving strips of bamboo. The name of the product
derived from Bambusa and sandals.
 Don’t require a costly production, thus they
cause less expense.
 Helps in Energy Conservation
 Materials are reusable, renewable and
abundant in nature.
 Eco-friendly and produce low waste.
 Promote and Patronize the Culture and
Resources of Ones Own.
Almost every family in the Philippines owns one or more handicraft
products like baskets, brooms, feather dusters, bamboo sofa set,
cabinets, and other furniture.
Among the major products of our handicraft
industry are the following:

Rattan Craft
• Rattan belong to the palm family and a native species in tropical
regions such as Asia, Australia, and Africa.

• Rattan, yantok in Filipino
term, is a long and slender
climbing plant, whose
sheaths are protected by its
spines that play a major
role in supporting the
rattan as it grows on other
plants in the forests.
• The products that are made
using this material are
popular and because of their
flexibility and durability.

• Some examples of rattan

crafts are baskets, hats,
wall décor, ash trays,
picture frames, sofa sets,
TV racks, cabinets, and
other articles and
furniture for home use.
 Bamboo Craft
• Bamboos are used in
building bahay
kubo (nipa hut),
furniture, house
furnishings such as
hangers, trays,
dividers, lamp shades,
and many different
kinds of useful articles
at home.
Leather Craft
• Taxidermy, or the art of
preparing, stuffing, and
mounting the skins of animals,
also makes use of the skin of
animals, but generally the head
and part of the back are used.
• Hides and skins are also used in
the manufacture of glue and
gelatin.
• Some examples of leather
products are bags, shoes,
jackets, coin purses, gloves,
belts, wallets, and other.
Coconut Shell Craft
• After coco meat is scraped from the shells,
they are cleaned and cut into various shapes to
be used in making articles like buttons,
brooches, table lamps, dippers, buckles, and
others.
• Another product of coconut shell
craft is the coco necklace.
• It is made from coconut shells
which are cut and polished to form
coconut shell components.
• The designs used are ethnic and
have special colors and shapes. The
coconut shell components are
combined with wood, shells, and
many other natural materials to
create a trendy necklace.
• Coco necklaces are combined with
shell pendant, coco pendant, and
wood pendant.
Today, many Filipinos are engaged in handicraft businesses.

Handicraft-making has
become a means of livelihood for
them, especially now that many
handicraft owners are exporting
their products to Japan, United
states, Canada, Australia, Hong
Kong, Singapore, and other
countries around the world.
Philippines
• is the second largest world producer of handicrafts, mainly
baskets out of indigenous materials.
• This industry continues to provide a respectable contribution
to foreign exchange earning of the country (US$71.9M in
2000) while many handicraft items are also sold on the local
market.
• All together, the sector is providing livelihood to more than 1
million Filipinos.
• Although the industry has experienced some setbacks over the
last ten years, it has kept the respect of the high-end markets in
the United States, European Union, and Japan and has only
lost a great part of the low-end market to China, our main
competitor.
Despite this, Filipino craftsmen have indigenously overcome scarcity
and increasing prices of raw materials by constantly producing new
designs for their products.
• Over the years, Philippine handicrafts have
evolved through innovative changes in designs
reinforced by exciting choices and
combination of indigenous materials.
• There is, however still ample room for
improvement, particularly in remote upland
communities with little access to market
information, brokering services, capital, and
technologies for value addition.
The handicraft industry is important because of the
following reasons:
It promotes our cultural heritage through the
use of indigenous materials.
Handicraft products show an individual’s
creativity and lofty imagination.
Producers of raw materials will be encouraged to
produce more.
Employment is generated especially for
the undergraduates.
Values of perseverance and industry are
developed.
The tools commonly used in handicraft are of
two types:

1. Hand tools - are the tools for processing the

article which are used manually or by hands.
2. Power tools - are tools for processing
materials that are operated by machine.
The tools commonly used in handicrafts are the
following:

screwdriver

mallet

coping saw
pliers
chisel

knife
wrench smoothing plane

clamp
hacksaw
 folding ruler, zigzag ruler, steel ruler

pencil

paintbrush compass

hammer
 blowtorch
auger

soldering iron

hand drill
Abaca – This is one of the
most popular raw
materials that can be
found here in the
Philippines. Also known as
Manila hemp, Abaca fibers
are used for making
various products like bags
and slippers. Some
Filipino-made espadrilles
are decorated with Abaca.
 Rattan 
This material is often
used in making
furniture. In a typical
Filipino house, you will
see a set of furniture
made with rattan, a
bamboo-like wood
which is more hallow
and solid. These grow
into hundreds of
meters long.
Bamboo
This is a kind of grass that
is used in making most of
Filipino-made furniture.
Unlike Rattan, bamboo
plants are more flexible and
stronger. However, when it
comes to the weight, these
are definitely heavier than
Rattan. As for the price,
bamboo are very much
affordable. On some
provinces, every 5-meter
bamboo can be bought for
only 150-200 pesos.
Coconut Shells
 – If there’s one kind of tree
that you can surely say
“abundant” in this country,
it’s the Coconut tree. Aside
from the tasty coconut fruit
and strong planks of coco
lumbers that this tree
produces, craftsmen also find
use in Coconut shells. Various
products are being made out
if this material such as coin
banks, buttons, flower vases
and lamp shades.
Fibers – Although this material
can be produced be a
variety of plants, there
are chosen plants that
are known for
producing good-quality
fibers. Some of these
plants are abaca,
banana, buri, pineapple
and maguey. Fibers are
used to in creating
products like carpet,
seat pads, barong
tagalog and mattresses.
Because of these raw materials, the country is
known for its various Filipino-made products.
Mind you, these creations are being exported
outside the country. That only means that
Filipino products can be compared or leveled
with the products produced outside the country.
Even more, you can clearly say the craftsmen
here are really skilled and up to par.
Kenneth Cobonpue is a Filipino
industrial designer known for his
unique designs integrating natural
materials through innovative
handmade production processes. 
Palaspas - fancily woven palm leaves that are blessed
on Palm Sunday;
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