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Textile Art
Major Points:
A process of creating something using fibers gained
from sources, like plants, animals, insects (silk worm),
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People develop textiles to keep warm, to protect
surfaces, and to insulate dwellings.
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Philippine Textile Art Traditions
Major Points:
Ancestors invented the loom, a manually operated
device that holds the warp threads steady while filling
weft threads are woven through them. ‘-
Weave – the interlace of warp and weft threads
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Philippine Textile Art Traditions
Cordillera Administrative Region – Woven Fabrics:
Kalinga textiles are characterized by dominant red
stripes and motifs of geometric patterns, as well as
nature symbols interfaced with white, yellow
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fibers.
Colorful, bright and bead-accented
Ifugao textiles are characterized by dominant blue
stripes and motifs of diamond stripes of white and red.
Less colorful and darker
Exclusive task for women
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Philippine Textile Art Traditions
Cordillera Administrative Region – Woven Fabrics:
Weaving Process:
Iwalangan – spinning, winding and skeining threads
Dyeing – warping the color threads ‘-
Actual Weaving – involves two females to operate
Blankets have several pieces:
Adolna – body of the blanket
Balingbing – side pieces
Talungtung – narrow band with fringes
Odogna – back of the blanket
Putuna – reverse side
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Philippine Textile Art Traditions
Cordillera Administrative Region – Woven Fabrics:
Blankets have several types:
Gamong – for the dead
Hape – for the wealthy
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Kintog – used for exchange for pigs
Oban – used for carrying babies
Bayaong – most common blankets (dark blue)
Traditional Ifugao wear for men is wanno or G-string
Infra – without designs
Binuhlan – large red stripe (habak)
Dayude – loose end in front of the G-string
Iwitan – is the one at the back
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Philippine Textile Art Traditions
Cordillera Administrative Region – Woven Fabrics:
Traditional Ifugao wear for men is wanno or G-string
Tinannong – poor man’s G-string, completely white
Piniwaan Nilihha – richer G-string version of binuhlan
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Piniwa – G-string design is made through dyeing
Design Representation and Meaning
Linuhhong – mortars
Tinatagu – men
Inulog – snakes
Bittuon – stars
Bannia – iguanas
Hinolgot – spears
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Philippine Textile Art Traditions
Ilocos Region – Woven Fabrics:
Abel – one of the textiles from the Ilocos Region
Binakul is one of the most recognizable pattern
Popular at the end of the 19th century‘-
Used for blankets, pillow cases, contemporary fashion
and personal accessories
Yarns are made of cotton and dyed from sap of a
plum called Sagut
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Philippine Textile Art Traditions
Region IV-A Aurora Province –
Sabutan – Woven Fabrics:
Sabutan – are strong and
durable and its texture ‘-
resembles that one of the
Panama hat.
Unbleached hats because
the material does not
bleach readily
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Philippine Textile Art Traditions
Region IV-B Palawan – Woven Fabrics:
Ammutina grass – only found in Palawan and used for
weaving.
Dyeing the grass into one’s desired ‘-color, dry it and
dye the fibers that are used.
Wrapping the threads that need to be used for
weaving
Harvested threads are drawn through heddle wires
and reeds.
Wafting the threads by pushing the pedals
Battening the weaves
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Philippine Textile Art Traditions
Region IV-B Palawan – Woven Fabrics
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Philippine Textile Art Traditions
Mindanao Region (T’nalak) –
Woven Fabrics:
Famous in South Cotabato
Made by a group in Lake ‘-
Sebu called the T’bolis
Made of abaca fibers with
three primary colors, red,
black and original color of
abaca leaves
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Philippine Textile Art Traditions
Mindanao Region (Mandaya) –
Woven Fabrics:
Famous in Davao Oriental
Abaca-handwoven cloth with ‘-
intricate designs revolving
around man and crocodile.
Dagmay had been worn as
women’s skirts, also used as
blankets and wraps.
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Philippine Textile Art Traditions
Mindanao Region (Pisyabit) –
Woven Fabrics:
Famous in Jolo, Mindanao
Created by the Tausug. ‘-
It is a head scarf worn by the
Tausugs.
Also use to tie around the hilt
of the kris (sword), and as a
sign of rank.
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Philippine Textile Art Traditions
Mindanao Region (Seputangan)
– Woven Fabrics:
Famous in Basilan and Sulu
Created by the Yakan. ‘-
It is most intricate design
worn by the women around
the waist or as a head cloth
and is patterned after the
colors of the rainbow.
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Soul and Space
Major Points:
Simple structures, usually intended to provide only
basic shelter for the surrounding terrain without
concern for following any architectural ‘-style and built of
local materials and available tools by people who would
inhabit them.
Each shows how the early Filipinos utilized and built it
for a certain purpose and how they utilized the space
available in each house.
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Philippine Folk Architecture
Lean-to Shelter:
Portable house built by the
early Aetas or negritos that
suited their nomadic lifestyle.
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Reflects agta hunting and
gathering ways of life.
Principle of tripod using
strong, light branches and
palm fronds, this portable
disposable shelter for the
aeta to gather or simply left
behind.
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Philippine Folk Architecture
Higaonon Tree House :
Agusan and Misamis Oriental
Tree houses of lashed
sapling nipa or cogon grass, ‘-
split bamboo, rattan, and
bark of trees.
60 people are held together
by split rattan and are
traditionally built as defenses
against enemy attacks.
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Filipino Concept of Space
Major Points:
Unlike the westerner who places a premium on privacy,
the Filipino prefers living space that is communal,
surrounding himself with people all the time.
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Someone is always at home, whether family, distant
relative or household help.
Three or more generations of the same family live their
separate but interconnected lives under one roof, most
of the time hanging out in one room.
Filipinos follow the Asian concept of shared space and
limited privacy.
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The Art of Okir or Ukkil
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Term for geometric and flowing designs and folk motifs
that can be usually found in Maranao and Muslim-
influenced artwork in Mindanao, especially
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Peninsula.
Decorative design that is used in carving, bakestry,
pottery, and weaving with patterns similar to the
western style of Arabesque and Art Nouveau.
Applied by Tausug, Maranao, and Yakan.
It is a symbol of power and prestige usually adorned
during festivities.
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The Art of Okir or Ukkil
Activity:
Create a symmetry art inspired by the Okir/Ukkil art.
Use the elements and composition of the Okir.
‘- then etch.
First fold the paper equally into four parts,
Second, sketch one desired design using the elements
of the Okir.
Then duplicate the said design to all three parts.
After completing the repetition, apply color.
Use the following elements and compositions provided
in the next slide.
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