Traditional Techniques

Used in Philippine Arts

Wood Carving

a technique encompassing any

form of working wood with a tool
into some sort of aesthetic object.
Wood Carving
 Molding
a technique of shaping liquid or pliable
material such as clay. Traditional pottery
making in the Philippines involves the
method of molding. Pottery making in the
Philippines is one of the longest traditions
in Philippine art
Molding
Fabric Weaving

Weaving is a method of textile

production in which two distinct
sets of yarns or threads are
interlaced at right angles to form a
fabric or cloth.
Fabric Weaving
Textile hand-weaving is one of the
most attractive and interesting
traditional crafts of the Philippines,
imbued with romanticism and
laden with cultural significance
 TheIlocano still practice hand-weaving using the
pedal loom. Their materials are cotton and
natural dyes, although now they use store-
bought threads and synthetic dyes. They know
several weaving techniques and designs, passed
down to many generations.
 “Abel” or “inabel” is a fabric customarily made
of cotton fiber turned into spools of beeswax-
brushed yarn & woven in a handloom
Textilesin Mindanao are predominantly handwoven
from abaca (musa textilis). Among the Moslems of
Mindanao, the Magindanaon, Maranaw and Yakan
continue the tradition of cotton and silk weaving.
 T’nalak
is a sacred cloth woven by the T'boli people
in communities around Lake Sebu, Mindanao island
Basketry Technique -

There are four different types of

basketry methods:
 coiling, plaiting, wickering,
and twining.
Some of the terms that are specific to
basket weaving include loops, twining,
ribs, and spokes. The common raw
materials used in making baskets are
rattan, abaca, nito, tikog, buri, bamboo,
pandan, coconut leaves and sticks, palm
leaves, and beeswax. There are several
baskets that use combined raw materials.
Coiled basketry, using grasses,
rushes and pine needles
Plaiting technique - interweaving or
braiding two or more strands, fibers, etc.
wickering
The process of making basket by taking pliable
weft material and lacing it over and under rigid
warp material, one piece at a time.
Twining technique, using materials from roots and tree bark. This is a weaving technique
where two or more flexible weaving elements ("weavers") cross each other as they weave
through the stiffer radial spokes
 VENN DIAGRAM: COMPARE AND CONTRAST
TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY TECHNIQUES
Used in Philippine Arts

CONTEMPORARY
TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUE
TECHNIQUE
What I have learned
1. The process of making
basket by taking pliable
weft material and lacing it
over and under rigid warp
material, one piece at a
time
2. IT is a fabric
customarily made of
cotton fiber turned into
spools of beeswax-
brushed yarn & woven in
a handloom
3. It is the basketry
technique
interweaving or
braiding two or more
strands, fibers, etc.
4. _____ is a sacred
cloth woven by the
T'boli people in
communities around
Lake Sebu, Mindanao
island
5. Textiles in Mindanao are
predominantly handwoven from
abaca (musa textilis). Among
the Moslems of Mindanao, the
Magindanaon, Maranaw and
Yakan continue the tradition of
cotton and silk______.
6-7. The Ilocano still practice
hand-weaving using the pedal
loom. Their materials are
cotton and natural dyes,
although now they use store-
bought ____ and _____ dyes
8. Textile hand-weaving is one
of the most attractive and
interesting traditional crafts of
the Philippines, imbued with
_________and laden with
cultural significance
9. ____________, using materials
from roots and tree bark. This is
a weaving technique where two
or more flexible weaving
elements ("weavers") cross each
other as they weave through the
stiffer radial spokes
 Weaving is a method of
10.______production in
which two distinct sets of
11. ______or threads are
interlaced at right angles to
form a 12.____ or cloth.
13._______ a technique of
shaping liquid or pliable
material such as 14.____.
Traditional pottery making in
the Philippines involves the
method of molding.
15. _________a
technique
encompassing any form
of working wood with a
tool into some sort of
16. ______
What are four
different types of
basketry methods?
17-20.
1. Wickering 11. Yarns
2. Inabel/Abel 12. Fabric
3. Plaiting Technique 13. Molding
4. T’nalak 14. Clay
5. Weaving 15. Wood Carving
6. Threads 16. Aesthetic Object
7. Synthetic 17. Coiling
8. Romanticism 18. Plaiting
9 .Twining Technique 19 .Wickering
10. Textile 20. Twining