Contemporary

Philippine Arts
from the Regions
DIFFERENT CONTEMPORARY ART TECHNIQUES AND
PERFORMANCE PRACTICES FUNCTION, MEDIUM,
AND TECHNIQUE
 LOCAL MATERIALS

• It is used as applied to contemporary art. Often, artists will

most likely use materials available to them; this means that the
resources their locality have is important for their art. The
“local” can refer to material that is easily available, like
bamboo. The local can also refer to wherever the artist finds
himself or herself.
 Abaca

• It belongs to banana family. Its

fiber has a natural luster with
colors ranging from pure white to
ivory and dark brown
 Bakbak
• This is the outermost covering of
leaf sheath of the abaca stalk. It is
a flat thick durable sheath as
twine or braided. The strong
brown fiber used to make
furniture.
 Bamboo

• A versatile and highly reliable

raw material.
 Coir

• The fibrous material surrounding

the fruit of the coconut tree. You
could get it through a dry or wet
process
 Nito

• A plant belonging to the fern

family that grows abundantly in
the hinterlands of Mindanao
 Pandan

• It is a tropical plant processed and

transformed into splints that are
being used as raw material
 Buri

• It is extracted from the matured

leaves of the buri palm. The fiber
is durable and resistant to
moisture.
 Rafia
• A fiber extracted from unopened
buri leaf in 3 stages. It is loom
woven into fabrics or used as wall
coverings, upholstery material,
folding doors and window
hanging.
 Rattan

• It belongs to the palm tree. There

are different types of rattan
palms, such as high or low
climbers, single stemmed or
clustered rattan species.
 Tikiw

• a large, erect, and aquatic or

marshy herb plant. It is found in
Central Luzon to Mindanao. It
bounds in fresh water swamps,
and in newly opened rice land at
low altitudes.
 Reference
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