1. Who is the first President of the Republic of the
Philippines?
2. What is the first computer virus?
3. What is the nationality of the first weaver of
macrame?
ARABIC WEAVER EMILIO AGUINALDO CREEPER
HISTORY AND DEVELOP MENT OF MACRAME MACRAME AND BASKETRY 1. CORE CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES IN MACRAME AND BASKETRY. 2. THE RELEVANCE OF THIS COURSE TO YOU AS A LEARNERS? CORE CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES IN MACRAME AND BASKETRY. • The tools and materials used for basket making are very basic and remain to be the same for hundreds of years up to present.
• There is no automation and no
machine. Only the skillful use of abundant supply of locally available materials with the aid of basic tools was needed to produce various basketry. THE RELEVANCE OF THE COURSE •The aim of this lesson is to enable you to acquire knowledge and skills that you need in creating useful macramé and basketry articles through the proper use of right tools and materials. HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF MACRAME AND BASKETRY LO 1. ORIGIN OF History of Macramé MACRAME The history of macramé can be traced to AND the early 14th and 15th centuries when this craft practiced in France and Italy. BASKETRY Patterned knotted fabrics created out of macramé craft were used in churches for vestments and altar cloths in early days. This craft became popular among the British during the 19th century. Legend says that North American sailors spent long hours aboard ships practicing macramé square knots and hitch knots.
HISTORY OF Sailors made fringes for wheels and bell
covers netting and screens. Over the MACRAME years.
This art and craft fell to disuse. It was revived in
60s with the hippie movements which brought with it a recovery of interest in this ancient craft. Today macramé craft has regained its huge popularity. Design of Ancient and Medieval Time MACRAME
The word macramé describes any elaborate
fringe of knotted thread or cord, but the Arabic word migramah, from which macramé is derived, originally meant “ stripped towel” or “embroidered veil”
The craft is supposed to have been brought from the
middle east to Spain by moors. It then spread through Europe and was introduced to England from Holland by Queen Mary, wife of William of Orange, in the late 17th century. Macramé soon became its huge popular pastime in court circles. • The craft macramé is linked with the craft weaving and is also linked with netting. • As craft requiring almost nothing except string, nimble fingers and time, it became very popular with British Sailors in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Sailing ships required men who were skilled in rope MACRAME work, spicing, and plaiting. • It is not surprising that they should have turned to finer work to while away their hours and make a gifts for a wife or sweetheart who might then learn macrame for herself. Engagement Choose your answer. Weaver Basketry Rattan Bamboo Limbs
1. Raw materials comes in mountainous places.
2. Raw materials comes in lowland. 3. The oldest crafts. 4. Prehistoric humans use their ___________ to carry their supplies. 5. A maker called _____________. a.Why do we need to study the History of Macrame? b.How does macrame help us in our daily lives? 1. A craft that uses knotting. _____________.
2. What is the Arabic word of macrame?
_____________ Read the statement 3. Who introduced macrame in England? and write the word in _____________ the blank to complete the sentence. 4. What centuries that macrame started in France and Italy? _____________
5. Give at least one macrame knot practiced
by North American Sailors? ____________ Macrame
Migramah
Answer: Queen Mary
14th – 15th Century
Square knots or Hitch knots ASYNCHRONOUS TASK #1:
Read page5 5-7 of your
Module for the continuation of our topic the History of Basketry.