Objective
• After going through this lesson, you are expected to:
1. Research on techniques and performance practices applied to
contemporary art.
2. Identify the different techniques used in contemporary art.
Traditional Technique used in
Philippine Contemporary Art
What is 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
(modern, Neoclassic, etc.)
• The distinctive character or nature of the medium
determines the technique. For example, stone is chiseled,
wood is carved; clay is modeled and shaped, metal is cast,
and thread is woven.
• There are some places in the Philippines that became
famous because of the unusual or extraordinary products
that they make. These products become their way for the
people to know about their places. These people used
traditional technique in creating a particular art that makes
them famous.
• Traditional techniques used by the Filipinos even from the
past years are depicted in our painting, sculpture, dance,
architecture, music, and even textile. It only proves that
Filipinos like any other people in the world can be very proud
of our Philippine arts
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.
• 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.
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• 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.
• Textile hand-weaving is one of the most attractive and interesting
traditional crafts of the Philippines, imbued with romanticism and
laden with cultural significance
• The Ilocano 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.
Fabric Weaving
• 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 weaving.
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.
Basketry Technique
Basketry Technique
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 ("weavers") cross
each other as they weave through the stiffer radial spokes.
