LOCAL ART

1. Contemporary Philippine
Arts from the Regions
Lesson 4: LOCAL ART MATERIALS

2. PICTURE ANALYSIS

9. LOCAL ART MATERIALS
The "local" can refer to material that is easily available, like
bamboo, buri, cotton and the like in order to create a craft.

10. ABACA
Also called manila hemp, abaca is extracted from the leaf sheath
around the trunk of the abaca plant (Musa textilis), a close
relative of the banana, native to the Philippines and widely
distributed in the humid tropics.
Products: Ropes, Fabric, Bags and Furniture

12. BAMBOO
Bamboos are typically fast-growing perennials,
with some species growing as much as 30 cm
(1 foot) per day. The woody ringed stems,
known as culms, are typically hollow between
the rings (nodes) and grow in branching
clusters from a thick rhizome (underground
stem).
Products: construction (flooring, roofing
designing, and scaffolding), furniture, fabrics,
cloth, paper, ornamental garden planting

14. COTTON
Cotton is made from the natural
fibers of cotton plants, which are from the
genus Gossypium. Cotton is
primarily composed of cellulose, an insoluble
organic compound crucial to plant structure,
and is a soft and fluffy material.
Products: textile products like underwear,
socks and t-shirts, fishnets, coffee filters,
tents, book binding and archival paper.

16. Piña
Pineapple leaves have two kinds
of fibers: the bastos (rough
portion) and the liniwan (smooth
one). Artisans use a shard of
Chinese porcelain to expose the
bastos and then a coconut shell to
bring out the liniwan.
Products:Barong Tagalog, fabric,
textile

18. RATTAN
Rattan is also known as manila, or
malacca, named after the ports of
shipment Manila and Malacca City, and
as manau.
Products
furniture, handicrafts, and building
material, basketry

19. the tropical Old World climbing palm which yields
rattan, with long, spiny, jointed stems.
Rattan is a type of climbing or trailing vine-like
palm native to the tropical jungles of Asia,
Malaysia, and China. One of the largest sources
has been the Philippines.

21. Buri
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Buri is the largest and most common
palm found in the Philippines. Its
scientific name is Corypha elata Roxb.
Products
bayong, banig, hats, fans, slippers

23. COCONUT WOOD
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is
a member of the palm tree family
(Arecaceae) and the only living
species of the genus Cocos. The
term "coconut" can refer to the
whole coconut palm, the seed, or the
fruit, which botanically is a drupe,
not a nut.
Products
Handicrafts and kitchen ware,
building material

25. CLAY
Clay is a type of fine-grained
natural soil material
containing clay minerals. Clays
develop plasticity when wet,
due to a molecular film of
water surrounding the clay
particles, but become hard,
brittle and non–plastic upon
drying or firing.

26. Products: Bricks, Tiles, Roofing
Tiles, Flooring Tiles, Earthen
Ware, Sculpture, Pottery

27. REFERENCES
https://altavistadeboracay.com.ph/amp/blog/arts-crafts-
visayas
Wikipedia.com
Britannica.com