Senior High School

Contemporary
Philippine Arts
from the Regions
Quarter 4 – Module 3:
Researches on Techniques &
Performance Practices and Local
Materials Used in Creating Art

Techniques and Performance

Lesso
Practices Applied to
n
Contemporary Arts
1
Technique is the way that artists use and manipulate materials to produce the
desired form, effect, and convey the desired concept or message in accordance with
their individual styles (contemporary, neoclassical, etc.). The technique is determined
by the unique qualities or characteristics of the medium.
Activity 1: Unscramble Them
Directions: There are jumbled words inside the box that you need to unscramble to
reveal the important words that you will encounter and master as you go on with this
module.

1. eechtinqu 2. cartsecpi 3. calol

4. slairetam 5. ductrop

Activity 2. What’s Inside Your Home?

Directions: Look for an example of a contemporary art piece (any art piece done after
World War II) in your home. Write a brief description of the art piece including the
techniques/performances used in the art and the materials used in crafting the art
piece.

Art Piece

Technique/s Used

Materials Used

What Is It
 Techniques Description Examples
and
Performances

It is made by
Collage adhering flat
elements such as
newspaper or
magazine cut-
outs, printed
text,
illustrations,
photographs,
cloth, string, etc. Image Source:
to a flat surface http://www.shapecollage.com/collages/collage-
to create a thick heart-2.jpg
layer that is
almost like a
relief structure.

Image
It is the process Source:
Decalcomania of applying
gouache to paper
or glass then
transferring a
reversal of that
image onto
canvas or other
flat materials.

https://art-design-glossary.musabi.ac.jp/decalcom
ania/

It is done by
Decoupage adhering cut-
outs of paper and
then coating
these with one or
more coats or
transparent
coating of
varnish. Image Source: https://feltmagnet.com/crafts/how-
to-make-beautiful-floral-welcome-signs-through-
the-art-of-decoupage-and-design-transfer
 It is the
technique of
Frottage rubbing with
crayon on a piece
of paper which
has been placed
over an object or
an image. The
impression of the
image can be
created using Image Sourcehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?
leaves, wood, v=OxNCvckdkU8
wire, screen, or
metal with
embossed image
or words.

It is used for
Montage photography or
film where a
pictorial image is
juxtaposed or
paced
overlapping to
make another
picture or design.

Image Source:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Digital_Montage_Number_2_by_Nick_Gentr
y.jpg

Canvasses are
Trapunto padded, sewn,
and often filled
with sequins,
beads, and
shells, buttons,
tiny mirrors, bits
of glass,
rickrack,
swatches of
precious textiles
and other things
that are picked
up from travels
and journeys. Image Source:
https://www.pinterest.ph/donnajomarks/trapunto
 /

Digital art is an
artistic work or
Digital Art practice that
Application uses digital
technology as
part of the
creative or
presentation
process. Since
the 1960s,
various names
have been used
to describe the
Image Source:
process, https://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/article/digital
including comput -meets-art/
er
art and multimed
ia art

TYPICAL APPROACHES IN ACCOMPLISHING ART TASKS

 Generate ideas and look for central

concepts through discussion with other
Brainstorming
people

 One needs to explore to gather more ideas

Researching About the Task in order achieve proper understanding of
Given the given task

 Finalize the choice

 The artist needs to acquire enough
Deciding on What Idea to
background or information about their
Materialize
target output

 To achieve success in your goals, you

Creating a Plan of Action need to create a solid plan of action

 The “doing” part

 Follow the steps you have set to do
Making the Task  Use appropriate techniques, styles,
materials, and other art elements in the
art making process
APPROACHES IN RESEARCHING FOR TECHNIQUES AND PERFORMANCE
PRACTICES

 a specific task is more likely to

be be accomplished easily when
two or more people work
together
Cooperative Learning Approach
 it can increase not only an
artist’s skills but also their
collaborative function with one
another
Focused Exploration  instructs artists to take
advantage of what is present in
front of them
 in this approach, the artist is
only focused on the exploration
of a specific available material
 for example, if the abundant
material is coconut, it is a
challenge for an artist to explore
this material as a medium in
crafting new art.
Discussion  talk to more people to gather
more relevant information
 through collaboration, this
entails to a healthier
communication between you and
other artists
 people’s stories give inspiration
to you to be more creative
 “learning/researching on your
own”
 No one limits you to look for best
Free Exploration
artistic style and technique
 Allow your curiosity to flow
naturally
 The core of contemporary arts
 Discover something new, unique,
Experimentation genuine, and distinctive
 One must not be afraid to go
outside the box
 Critical in examining technology-
based art pieces
 One way of searching for more
Media Analysis techniques is by investigating if
not scrutinizing purpose, value,
mood, and socio-political
implication of media arts.
 Local Materials Used in
Lesson
2 Creating Art

Local materials in the Philippines are materials that are naturally and locally
found in Ilocos Norte. Here are some examples:

Materials Products
http://
SEA SHELLS Necklaces,
bracelets,
jars, vases,
decorations,
windchimes,
etc.

souvenirstopshop.blogspot.com/2011/01/pagudpud-
souvenir.html

Image Source: https://www.carousell.ph/p/victorian-

seashell-lady-shell-chain-cameo-bracelets-7-inch-
philippines-seashells-resin-cameos-very-good-
condition-1072848128/
ABEL is
particularly used Clothes,
to refer to textile accessories,
that is distinctly bags,
Ilocano in origin. slippers,
We are proud to mats, hats,
offer these inabel etc.
wovens from
Laoag weavers in
Ilocos.
Inabel fabric is
made of cotton
and may be plain
or patterned. The
abel cloth is well Image Source: Abel Ilocandia
known and much
loved for its
softness, beautiful
designs, and
strength.

COCONUT COIR - Ropes, mats

is the fibrous
material
surrounding
the fruit of the
coconut tree
which are
abundant in the
Ilocos Region.

Image Source:
https://www.go4worldbusiness.com/pref_product/vie
w/1161230/coconut-coir-rope.html

.
 Bowls, spoon
COCONUT SHELL & fork, vase,
is the jar,
is the strongest lampshade,
part covered in etc.
coconut fruit.
Coconut shell is
located in between
the coconut flesh
and coconut
husk. This shell is
naturally created
to protect the
inner part of
coconut
Photo Credits: Andrea Pera-Intalan and Del Mar Coco
Atbp
SARAKAT - Often Baskets,
called pandanus mats, bags
palms, these
plants are not
closely related to
palm trees. This
plant’s leaves are
often used for
weaving.

Photo Credits to Del Mar Coco Atbp. by Elizabeth C.

Benemerito

BURI is extracted hats, bags,

from the matured baskets,
leaves of the buri memorabilia
palm. The fiber is boxes,
durable and perfume tray,
resistant to & other
moisture woven
products

Buri Bag with Abel by La Aba Heritage (Photo

Credits: Japhet Raquel)
RATTAN belongs baskets,
to the palm picture
family. There are frames,
different types of furniture and
rattan palms, other novelty
such as high or items, Zoya
low climbers, lounge chair,
single stemmed Valencia
or clustered queen size
rattan species. bed, Rest
divan.
Image Source: https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-
images/ratan-basket-isolated.html
BAMBOO is a raw kubing,
material used in bungkaka,
creating many tongatong,
products. It is angklung,
used in pateteg,
construction, gabbang
textile, musical
instruments,
weapons, and
many more.
It is abundant in
Ilocos Norte, La
Union, Pampanga,
Capiz, Cebu and
Bukidnon

Image Source: https://www.bultuhan.com/home-

garden/indoor-outdoor-furniture/bamboo-made/
bamboo-hut-indoor-4-piece-sala-set/

ANAHAW is a Fan, hat

tropical palm tree decorative
that is abundant materials,
in moist and roofing
humid areas in material
the country.

Image Source:
https://philnews.ph/2020/02/10/salakot-what-
exactly-is-a-salakot-traditional-philippine-hat/
BINAKOL is a
Filipino textile Clothes,
indigenous to the accessories,
Ilocanos and bags,
Itnegs which the slippers,
pattern is woven mats, hats,
in two colours etc
forming geometric
patterns of
squares and
rectangles that is
believed to drive
away bad spirits.

Image Source: Ira Baylon

CLAY POTTERY Pots, banga,

The town of San bricks, tiles,
Nicolas, Ilocos garden pots,
Norte is known for jar, coin
its clay pots banks
called Banga..

Image Source: http://wind-master-artist-

kanutowoong.blogspot.com/2012/05/damili-industry-
pottery-industry-of-san.html

Activity 3. Let’s Get to Know Your Local Artists

Directions: It’s time to apply what you have learned from this lesson. Look at the
boxes below. Fill out the necessary details needed to complete the task.

Local Artists Art Piece/Form Local Materials Techniques Used

(Artists in Your Municipality
and in Ilocos Norte)
Used
Example: Amor Fashion Designing Abel and Binakol Sewing, Trapunto
Albano textile
Activity 4. Appreciation Time

Directions. Observe your own community. Identify the available local materials
and cite the products made from these materials.

Materials Available in My Products

Community

Activity 5. Approach Me!

Directions: Using the researches on techniques and performances list all the steps
and ways you need to do in order to accomplish the intended art project.

INTENDED PROJECT/ART OUTPUT:

Cooperative Learning
Approach
Focused Exploration

Discussion

Free Exploration

Experimentation

Media Analysis
Cooperative Learning
Approach
Activity 6: Assessment

DIRECTIONS: Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the
chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What’s called the way artists use and manipulate materials to achieve the desired
form, effect, and communicate the desired concept or meaning according to his or her
personal style?
A. Local B. Material C. Product D. Technique

2. Which of the following techniques is done by adhering cut-outs of paper and then
coating these with one or more coats or transparent coating of varnish?
A. Collage B. Decoupage C. Frottage D. Trapunto

3. What approach is described when two or more people work together to achieve an
intended goal?
A. Cooperative B. Discussion C. Experimentation D. Media Analysis

4. What approach entails open but healthy communication between artists?

A. Cooperative B. Discussion C. Experimentation D. Media Analysis

5. What approach is considered the core of contemporary arts and encourages artists
to go outside the box?
A. Cooperative B. Discussion C. Experimentation D. Media Analysis

6. It is a tropical palm tree that is abundant in moist and humid areas in the country.
What is this material?
A. Anahaw B. Buri C. Coconut D. Rattan

7. What is this textile that is distinctly Ilocano in origin and the fabric is made of
cotton and well known for its softness, beauty, and strength?
A. Abel B. Anahaw C. Binakol D. Sarakat

8. What is this textile from the Ilocos and Cordilleras uses spiral and dizzying patterns
that are believed to drive away evil spirits?
A. Abel B. Anahaw C. Binakol D. Sarakat

9. What coastal materials are often found along the sands of the beaches of Ilocos
Norte and often used as bracelets, necklaces, and even home decorations?
A. Bamboo B. Coconut C. Sarakat D. Seashells

10. It is often called pandanus palms, these plants are not closely related to palm
trees. This plant’s leaves are often used for weaving. What is this material called?
A. Bamboo B. Coconut C. Sarakat D. Seashells
Activity 7. What Are Your Thoughts?

Directions: On a piece of paper, write a reflective essay on the importance of localized

materials in creating art. How do these materials help you as a student and a young
artist in accomplishing an art task? Please be guided with the 5-point rubric shown
below.

LEVEL DESCRIPTION
 Well written and very organized. Excellent
grammar mechanics.
 Clear and concise statements.
OUTSTANDING (5)
 Excellent effort and presentation with detail.
 Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the
topic.
 Writes clear. Good grammar mechanics.
GOOD (4)  Good presentation and organization.
 Sufficient effort and detail.
 Minimal effort. Minimal grammar mechanics.
FAIR (3)  Fair presentation.
 Few supporting details.
 Somewhat unclear. Shows little effort. Poor
grammar mechanics. Confusing and choppy,
POOR (2)
incomplete sentences.
 No organization of thoughts.
 Lacking effort. Very poor grammar mechanics.
 Very unclear.
VERY POOR (1)
 Does not address topic.
 Limited attempt.