LO C A L M AT E RI A LS U S E D IN

CREAT IN G A R T A N D
T E C H N IQ U E S
•ARTISTS HAVE THEIR OWN WAY OF EXPRESSING
ART USING DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEDIUMS/
MATERIALS AND MANNER BY WHICH MATERIALS
ARE PROCESSED AND TRANSFORMED.
•MEDIUM- ARE THE MATERIAL USED TO CREATE AN
ARTWORK. ARTIST USED MEDIUM TO EXPRESS
THEIR THOUGH, IDEAS, FEELINGS, ETC.
MEDIUM AND TECHNIQUES MAY ALSO DIFFER
DEPENDING ON THE INCLINATION OF THE ARTIST AND
THE PLACE WHERE IT ORIGINATED. VARIOUS
ARTWORKS ARE INSPIRED BY THE ARTIST’S
LOCALITY: ITS RICH RESOURCES AND PRACTICES.
•MATERIALS- ARTISTS NEED PHYSICAL MATERIALS
TO WORK ON. THROUGH THEM, THEY TRANSFORM
THEIR IDEA OR EXPERIENCE INTO SOMETHING
TANGIBLE TO BE RECEIVED BY THEIR AUDIENCE,
VIEWER, OR LISTENER.
LOCAL ARTS MATERIALS
•IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ARTIST SHOULD KNOW
WHAT MATERIALS THEY WILL BE USING IN
CREATING THEIR ARTWORKS. LOCAL MATERIALS
ARE THE RESOURCES THAT CAN BE FOUND READILY
IN LARGE QUANTITY AT A PARTICULAR LOCATION
OR AREA AT A CERTAIN TIME.
DIFFERENT COMMON
MATERIALS TRANSFORMED
INTO UNIQUE ARTWORKS
1. ABACA
- INITIALLY USED AS MATERIALS FOR ROPE AND TRANSFORMED INTO A WIDE VARIETY OF EFFICIENT
PRODUCTS.
 2. BAKBAK
- IT IS THE OUTERMOST COVERING OR LEAF SHEATH
OF THE ABACA STALK
3. BAMBOO
- PROVED THAT IT’S A VERSATILE MUST HAVE THAT
DESIGNERS AND HOMEOWNERS SHOULD CONSIDER.
4. BUNTAL
- IT IS A CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED FIBER.
5. BURI
- IT IS EXTRACTED FROM THE MATURED LEAVES OF
THE BURI PALM.
6. CAPIZ OR KAPIS SHELL
- IT IS A BIVALVE MARINE MOLLUSK IN THE FAMILY OF
PLACUNIDAE.
 7. COCONUT SHELLS
- CONSIDERED EQUAL IN QUALITY AND APPEARANCE
WITH TURQUOISE SHELLS OR IVORY.
8. PANDAN
- THE FIBERS FOUND IN PANDAN LEAVES ARE PROVEN
TO BE IDEAL IN MAKING HANDICRAFTS.
9. RATTAN
- THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PALMS SUCH AS
HIGH OR LOW CLIMBERS, SINGLE STEMMED OR
CLUSTERED RATTAN SPECIES.
10. SANTOL WOOD
- IS MOSTLY KNOWN FOR ITS FRUIT THAT IS
POPULARLY CONSUMED AND USED AS AN
INGREDIENT, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE USED AS A
MATERIAL FOR ARTWORK.
11. BLOCKS
-OUT OF RICE HULLS/ SAW DUST.
12. SCRAP/CUT TILES

-MADE INTO DECORATIVE WALLS ETC.

13. HOUSE CLEANING MATERIALS
-(SCRUBS, RAG, STRAINER)- MADE INTO FURNITURE
DESIGNS.
14. SCRAP WOOD
-MADE INTO WALL DECORS ETC.
15. BEADS
16. PAPER, CORRUGATED BOXES
17. METAL, TIE WIRES, TIN CANS
18. EMPTY & RECYCLABLE STYRO AND PLASTIC
CUPS/BOTLES
19. PIECES OF CUT CLOTH
20. CEMENT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLAY OR PLASTER OF
PARIS.
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