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Handicrafts: Report by Mary Grace I. Valila

Handicrafts are decorative or useful items made completely by hand or with simple tools. Pottery involves shaping clay objects and firing them. Philippine pottery includes burnay jars from Ilocos. Weaving is the interlacing of threads on a loom to make cloth. Different tribes such as Ifugao, T'boli, and Maguindanao are known for their woven textiles. Woodcarving involves decorating wood and the Cordillera carve bulol figures while Maranaos carve okir-a-datu designs. Jewelry was used in the past for protection and T'bolis make necklaces from beads and brass. Metalcraft involves pouring heated metals into

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Handicrafts: Report by Mary Grace I. Valila

Handicrafts are decorative or useful items made completely by hand or with simple tools. Pottery involves shaping clay objects and firing them. Philippine pottery includes burnay jars from Ilocos. Weaving is the interlacing of threads on a loom to make cloth. Different tribes such as Ifugao, T'boli, and Maguindanao are known for their woven textiles. Woodcarving involves decorating wood and the Cordillera carve bulol figures while Maranaos carve okir-a-datu designs. Jewelry was used in the past for protection and T'bolis make necklaces from beads and brass. Metalcraft involves pouring heated metals into

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HANDICRAFTS

Report By; Mary Grace I. Valila


HANDICRAFTS
Handicraft, more precisely expressed
as artisanal handicraft, sometimes also
called artisanry, is a type of work
where useful and decorative devices
are made completely by hand or by
using only simple tools. It is a
traditional main sector of craft.
POTTERY
POTTERY
Pottery is the art of making objects
from hard clay by exposing them to
heat or fire.
Pots, statues, cups, urns, vases, jars,
flat plates
This art has been used for over 9000
years usually consists of archeological
artifacts that define an era or time in
history.
POTTERY
The basic tool in pottery is the potter’s wheel.
It is a simple turntable on which wet, fresh
clay revolves while a potter shapes it with his
or her hands. The wheel allows the potter to
shape the object uniformly.
After the objects are shaped, the soft clay is
baked in a kiln.
POTTERY
In the Philippines, pottery is sometimes useful in making big
jars or banga for relatives who have passed away.
Ilocos – burnay jars
BURNAY JARS
WEAVING
WEAVING
Weaving is the making of fabric by
interlacing threads.
The machine used for weaving is
called a loom.
Warp threads are stretched on a
frame, and an instrument called a
shuffle carries weft threads under
and over the warp.
WEAVING
Tribal
communities in
the Philippines
known for their
woven textiles.
IFUGAO
 Known for their binulan and wanno which
are used as shawls to keep their body warm
T’boli
They use birds, frogs and
man as their design for their
woven cloths
Maguindanao
The malong is a famous male
underpants. It is a piece of cloth
that’s tied at the waist and looks
like a skirt
Tausug
The kandit is the official costume of
the Tausug Tribe
Woven Products
Aside from cloth, there are other
objects that are woven in the
Philippines, such as baskets, fans,
mats, bilao, fisherman’s net, furnitures
and the farmer’s hat or salakot.
Weaving Materials
There are other materials used in woven
objects in the Philippines. In Bicol, abaca is
used. The bamboo and rattan are also used,
especially for pieces of furniture that are
world-class and are exported abroad.
Woodcarving
The art if putting design on pieces
of wood.
Woodcarving
In the North, Cordillera carves the
bulol, a pagan statue of their gods
or anitos.
They also carve bowls and utensils.
Figures of man and animals are also
carved.
Woodcarving
In the south, the Maranaos and Tausugs are known for their okir-
a-datu designs.
The sarimanok is a colorful bird with a fish on its beak. Naga or
snake. Pako or fern.
Those are decorative elements of the Torongan or datu’s house.
The Tagbanuas of Palawan use animals and man as a common
deisgn for woodcarving
Jewelry
Favorite accessory of ancient people.
It consists usually of amulets that
are used to keep evil spirits away.
T’bolis→use brass for chains and
bells. They also use beads and
strings to make neckalces etc.
Tattoos are also used to decorate
one’s body. They also show one’s
place in society.
Metalcraft
Brass, bronze, gold, and silver are heated and
poured into molds to make objects from
jewelry to other decorative objects.
Maranaos are famous for their metal craft.
In Batangas, a famous metal product is the
balisong, a local knife.

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