Materials used in Creating Contemporary Art

Arturo Luz is a Filipino modern artist best

known for his minimalist, geometric, and
abstract styles of art and his animated
paintings of circus performers and
musicians as well as his revered cityscape
series.
Materials used in Creating Contemporary Art

The technique of putting different objects

together to create three-dimensional art is
called Assemblage.
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 TECHNIQUE

Technique is the manner in which artist

use and manipulate materials to achieve
the desired formal effect, and
communicate the desired concept or
meaning according to his or her personal
style.
Traditional Technique Used in Philippine Arts

1.Wood Carving- a technique encompassing

any form of working wood with a tool into
some sort of aesthetic object.

2.Molding- a technique of shaping involves

the method of molding.
“Abel” or “inabel” is a fabric customarily made of cotton
fiber turned into spools of beeswax-brushed yarn &
woven in a handloom.
4.Basketry Technique- There are four different types of
basketry methods: coiling, plaiting, wickering, and
twining.
• Wicker baskets are made by weaving organic reed,
cane, grass, branches, roots or man-made products into
containers used for storing, carrying or displaying
things.
• Coiled basketry, using grasses, rushes and pine needles

• Plaiting technique- interweaving or braiding two or

more strands, fibers, etc.

• Twining technique, using materials from roots and tree

bark. This is a weaving technique where two or more
flexible weaving elements cross each other as they
weave through the stiffer radial spokes.
• Coiled basketry, using grasses, rushes and pine needles
Question:
How important is technique and
how does an artist go about
creating their technique?