INDEGINOUS ART

1. INTRODUCTION TO INDIGENOUS CREATIVE CRAFT

2. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF PHILIPPINE ARTS AND CRAFTS
• THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINE HISTORY, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND ITS DIFFERENT FORMS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PREVALENT. THE
FILIPINOS HAVE AN INNATE INCLINATION TO CREATE, EXEMPLIFYING THE STATE OF BEING ENGAGED IN THEIR CRAFT AND
TAKING A SENSE OF JOY AND PRIDE IN THEIR WORK. THE FILIPINO CRAFTSMAN DEDICATES HIMSELF TO HIS ART AND TELLING
THE STORY OF THE PHILIPPINES, BEARING ITS TRUEST ESSENCE-ITS SOUL FOR THE WORLD TO SEE.
• BLESSED WITH NATURAL RESOURCES, FILIPINO CRAFTSMAN ARE ABLE TO COME-UP WITH A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCT THAT
TELLS A MILLION STORY NOT JUST ABOUT THEIR LIVES BUT THE CULTURE OF THEIR PLACE, CLEARLY, THIS REFLECTS FILIPINO
CRAFT THAT MAGNIFY LABORS OF LOVE AND PATIENCE. THESE ARE EVIDENT IN THE PRODUCTS OF THEIR SKILLFUL HANDS AND
IMAGINATIVE MINDS. CREATIVE CRAFTS IN THE PHILIPPINES DO NOT ONLY SATISFY OUR SENSES, BUT EACH ARTWORK
SPEAKS OF THE PASSION AND ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF THE ARTIST IN VISUALIZING, CONNECTING, AND APPRECIATING THE
CULTURE AND THE CREATIVE MANIPULATION OF THE OBJECTS AROUND

3. • ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THE PHILIPPINES REFER TO THE VARIOUS FORMS OF THE ARTS THAT HAVE
DEVELOPED AND ACCUMULATED IN THE PHILIPPINES FROM THE BEGINNING OF CIVILIZATION IN THE
COUNTRY UP TO THE PRESENT ERA. THEY REFLECT THE RANGE OF ARTISTIC INFLUENCES ON THE
COUNTRY9S CULTURE, INCLUDING INDIGENOUS FORMS OF THE ARTS, AND HOW THESE INFLUENCES HAVE
HONED THE COUNTRY9S ARTS. THE TRADITIONAL ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES ENCOMPASS FOLK
ARCHITECTURE, MARITIME TRANSPORT, WEAVING, CARVING, FOLK PERFORMING ARTS, FOLK (ORAL)
LITERATURE, FOLK GRAPHIC AND PLASTIC ARTS, ORNAMENT, TEXTILE, OR FIBER ART, POTTERY, AND OTHER
ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE.

4. 1. FOLK ARCHITECTURE
• FOLK ARCHITECTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY PER ETHNIC GROUP, WHERE THE
STRUCTURES CAN BE MADE OF BAMBOO, WOOD, ROCK, CORAL, RATTAN, GRASS, AND OTHER MATERIALS.
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5. 2. MARINE TRANSPORT
• MARITIME TRANSPORT IN THE PHILIPPINES INCLUDES BOAT HOUSES, BOAT-MAKING, AND MARITIME
TRADITIONS.

6. 3. WEAVING
• WEAVING IS AN ANCIENT ART FORM THAT CONTINUE IN THE
PHILIPPINES TODAY, WITH EACH ETHNIC GROUP HAVING
THEIR DISTINCT WEAVING TECHNIQUES. THE WEAVING ARTS
ARE COMPOSED OF BASKET WEAVING, BACK-STRAP LOOM
WEAVING, HEADGEAR WEAVING, FISHNET WEAVING, AND
OTHER FORMS OF WEAVING.

7. CLOTH AND MAT WEAVING
• EXPENSIVE TEXTILES ARE MADE THROUGH
INDICATE AND DIFFICULT PROCESS CALLED BACK-
STRAP LOOMING. FIBERS SUCH AS COTTON,
ABACA, BANANA, FIBER, GRASS, AND PALM FIBER
ARE USED IN THE FILIPINO WEAVING ARTS.

8. •IFUGAO
•TAUSUG
•T’BOLI
•MAGUINDANAO

9. 4. BASKETRY
• THE FINE ART OF BASKET WEAVING IN THE PHILIPPINES HAS DEVELOPED INTRICATE DESIGNS AND FORMS
DIRECTED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES SUCH AS HARVESTING, RICE STORAGE, TRAVEL PACKAGE, SWORD
CASE, AND SO ON. THE ART IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ARRIVED IN THE ARCHIPELAGO DUE TO HUMAN
MIGRATION, WHERE THOSE AT THE NORTH WERE THE FIRST TO LEARN THE ART FORM.

10. 5. CARVING
• THE ART OF CARVING IN THE PHILIPPINES FOCUSES ON
WOODCARVING AND FOLK NON-CLAY SCULPTURES.

11. WOODCARVING
• INDIGENOUS WOODCARVING IS ONE OF
THE MOST NOTABLE TRADITIONAL ARTS IN
THE PHILIPPINES, WITH SOME CRAFTS IN
VARIOUS ETHNIC GROUPS DATE BACK
PRIOR TO HISPANIC ARRIVAL WITH
PERHAPS THE OLDEST SURVIVING TODAY
ARE FRAGMENTS OF A WOODEN BOAT
DATING TO 320 AD. THE ART OF PUTTING
DESIGN ON PIECES OF WOOD.

12. •BULOL

13. STONE, IVORY, AND OTHER CARVINGS
• STONE CARVING IS A PRICED ART FORM IN THE PHILIPPINES, EVEN PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF WESTERN
COLONIZERS, AS SEEN IN THE STONE LIKHA AND LARAUAN OT TAO-TAO CRAFTS OF THE NATIVES.
• THESE ITEMS USUALLY REPRESENTS EITHER AN ANCESTOR OR A DEITY WHO AIDS THE SPIRIT OF A LOVED
ONE TO GO INTO THE AFTERLIFE PROPERTY.

15. 6. FOLK GRAPHIC AND PLASTIC ARTS
• TATTOOING, FOLK WRITING, FOLK DRAWING AND PAINTING

16. FOLK WRITING
• THE PHILIPPINES HAS NUMEROUS INDIGENOUS SCRIPTS COLLECTIVELY CALLED AS SUYAT, EACH OF
WHICH HAS THEIR OWN FORMS AND STYLES OF CALLIGRAPHY.
• VARIOUS ETHNO-LINGUISTIC GROUPS IN THE PHILIPPINES PRIOR TO THE START.
• BY THE END OF COLONIALISM BY CERTAIN COMMUNITIES IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

17. FOLK PAINTINGS
• FOLK PAINTINGS, LIKE FOLK DRAWINGS, ARE WORKS OF ART THAT USUALLY INCLUDE DEPICTIONS OF
FOLK CULTURE.
• EVIDENCES SUGGEST THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE ARCHIPELAGO HAVE BEEN PAINTING AND GLAZING THEIR
POTTERIES FOR THOUSAND OF YEARS.
• PIGMENTS USED IN PAINTINGS RANGE FROM GOLD, YELLOW, REDDISH PURPLE, GREEN, WHITE, BLUE-
GREEN, TO BLUE.

18. ACCESSORY MAKING
• ACCESSORIES IN THE PHILIPPINES ARE ALMOST ALWAYS WORN WITH THEIR REPECTIVE COMBINATION
OR GARMENTS, WITH SOME BEING USED AS ACCESSORIES FOR HOUSES, ALTARS, AND OTHER OBJECTS.

19. POTTERY
• THE ART OF POTTERY, CATEGORIZED INTO CERAMIC MAKING, CLAY POT-MAKING, AND FOLK LAY
SCULPTURE, HAS LONG BEEN A PART OF VARIOUS CULTURES IN THE PHILIPPINES, WITH EVIDENCE
OINTING TO A POTTERY CULTURE DATING AROUND 3,500 YEARS AGO.
• IMPORTANT POTTERY ARTIFACTS FROM THE PHILIPPINES INCLUDE THE MANUNGGUL JAR AND MAITUM
ANTHROPOMORPHIC BURIAL JAR.