MEDIUM &

TECHNIQUE
• Leslie de Chavez, "Dubious
Integrity",
• Mixed Media, 2002
• - Manila- born artist
• - deals with sensitive
• subjects like Imperialism and the
• colonial history of his country.
• - He is also an artist who
• contemplates deeply about the
• function, influence and directivity
• of an art in a society.
• Source: ocula.com/artists/leslie-de-chavez/
• The painting above uses mixed media
painting technique that combines a
variety of media in a single artwork. The
paint mixes are mix watercolors with
pastels or acrylic paints, or layering
paper and wood into your artwork.
• The technique is to blend paint washes,
paint with credit card or give mixed
media stencils a try.
• “The Blind Child”
• Ronald Ventura (2011)
Ronald Ventura is a contemporary Filipino
artist known for his dynamic melding of
realism, cartoons, and graffiti. Portraying
scenes of chaotic disarray, Ventura culls
from science fiction, Western history, Asian
mythology, Catholicism, and popular comic
book characters, in producing his work.
• Sanikulas Cookie Mold Carvings (Pampanga)
• Sanikulas Cookies are arrowroot cookies that have the
image of St. Nicholas molded on it an ergo that name
Sanikulas. St. Nicholas is also known as from illnesses.
Legend “The Healer” says that if you consume these
cookies when you are ill, you get healed and recover in a
shorter amount of time that it would usually take.
• These molds are exceptional pieces of folk art and are a
rarity. Sanikulas cookie makers would commission the
carvers these molds of with one- -a-kind design. They
would also consider it a family heirloom. The molds are
made of of hardwood of different shapes and sizes.
• Pabalot or Pastillas Wrapper Cutting Art (Bulacan)
The wrapper is made from delicate
Japanese paper. way make delicate that
only The to it is so the ones with skilled
hands and perfect control of their
motor skills can produce the best kind.
• Taka (Laguna)
The art of “Taka” or “Taka Making” is not an
exclusive - Pinoy art. Paper Mache has been around
for centuries. In the Philippines, the first recorded or
mention of created “Taka” was by a woman named
Maria Bangue the in 1920’s. She had wooden molds
that were covered with strips of paper dipped in the
sticky paste. She would later paint them carefully and
present as children’s toys. Due to a fire, none of the
original takas were saved.
Taka-making became more popular during
the American colonization period when
there was an excess of newsprint, and of
because Pinoy hates wasting anything, the
people Paete decided to create Takas and
even diversified into different
animals, not just traditional horses.
• Pagbuburda (Taal, Lumban, Laguna)
The art of embroidery happily alive and flourishing. is
Although it is mostly done by women who are wives
of the farmers and fishermen, it is not uncommon to
see fisherman farmers who are also carefully and and
delicately embroidering floral designs during their
“off_x0002_season.”
• Singkaban Bamboo Art
A type of Philippine folk art, Singkaban is the art of
shaving bamboo into artful creations that can be used
as decor for arches or the home. Skilled craftsmen
create these gregariously designed bamboo arches
for fiestas, weddings, and other celebrations that
involve the entire community. Perhaps, sense it is our
of “bayanihan” that inspires this art form ensuring
the art is appreciated and is accessible to everyone in
the community and their guests.
• Puni or Palm Leaf Folding (Bulacan)
Puni or palm leaf folding was intended to create artful toys for
kids. However, Puni can also be used to create woven baskets,
bags, and even fans. The most common presentation of Puni
art is the “Palaspas” see every Palm Sunday. Because of the
abundance of coconut leaves, Pinoys have ingeniously created
toys and other items through Puni. Although fresh coconut
leaves are most commonly used, the leaves dry and crumble
within a few days, It is more common to use leaves that are
dried treated and dyed for strength and color. These countless
artworks showcase not only the creativity of Filipinos but
most especially their ingenuity.
 Local Materials Used as
Applied to Contemporary
Art and Traditional
Techniques Applied to
Contemporary Creation.
ABACA belongs to
Banana Family. Its
fiber has a natural
luster with colors
ranging from pure
white to ivory and
dark brown.
BAKBAK is the
outermost covering or
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 is used a raw
material in creating
many products. It is
used in construction,
textile, musical
instruments, weapons
and many more.
BUNTAL is a
cylindrically shaped
fibers. The supple
ivory white strands
are quite durable,
pliable, and have
good dyeing
qualities.
BURI is extracted
from the matured
leaves of the buri
palm. The fiber is
durable and
resistant to
moisture.
COIR is the
fibrous material
surrounding the
fruit of the
coconut tree.
NITO is a plant
belonging to fern
family that grows
abundantly in the
hinterlands of
Mindanao.
PANDAN is a
tropical plant. It is
processed and
transformed into
splints that are
being used as raw
material.
RAFFIA is a fiber extracted
from unopened buri leaf in
3 stages. It is loom woven
intofabrics or used as wall
coverings, upholstery
material, folding doors and
window hangings.
RATTAN belongs to
the palm family. There
are different types of
rattan palms, such as
high or climbers, single
stemmed or clustered
rattan species.
TIKIW as a large, erect
and aquatic or marshy
herb plant. It is found in
Central Luzon to
Mindanao. It abounds in
fresh water swamps,
and in newly opened rice
land at low altitudes.
TIKOG belongs
to sea grasses.
It is a native
reed plant used
as a raw
material for
mat weaving.