HOW DO MATERIALS AFFECT THE TECHNIQUE?

-MATERIALS AFFECT THE TECHNIQUE USED IN MAKING PHILIPPINE ART BECAUSE THE RESULT OF
CRAFTSMANSHIP RELIES ON THE QUALITY, DURABILITY, AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE MATERIALS BEING
USED.

WHY IS THE TECHNIQUE AND MEDIA USED IMPORTANT?

T-TECHNIQUE IS THE WAY IN WHICH AN ARTIST CREATES A WORK OF ART, USING THE MEDIA HE/SHE
DECIDES TO USE. THE TECHNIQUE AND MEDIA THE ARTIST USES WILL CHANGE THE FINISHED RESULTS,
AND THE MESSAGES AND/OR FEELINGS IT CONVEYS TO THE VIEWER. MEDIA IS WHAT TYPE OF
TECHNOLOGY THE ARTIST WILL USE,IF THE TECHNIQUE IS PAINTING, SO WHAT TYPE OF MEDIA THE
ARTIST WILL USE, WOULD IT BE MURAL OR A PORTRAIT?

USING LOCALLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR ART HELP IN THE PRESERVATION OF ENVIRONMENT. A
SIGNIFICANT AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF ART IS MATERIAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE ITEMS USED BY ARTISTS
WHILE MAKING AN ART PIECE AFFECTS BOTH THE FORM AND THE MATERIAL. EVERY MATERIAL
DELIVERS SOMETHING SPECIAL IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS. WE CAN SHOW HOW RICH IS THE NATURAL
RESOURCES WE HAVE HERE IN OUR COUNTRY.

TECHNIQUE AND STYLE ARE IMPORTANT FOR AN ARTIST. A SIGNATURE TELLS VIEWERS THAT A
PAINTING WAS PAINTED BY SOMEONE.

Examples:

CHIME HALO- THE HANGING BAMBOO CHIMES THAT CREATE SOUND WHEN BLOWN BY THE WIND
DONE BY CAVITE-BORN ARTIST IMPY PILAPIL. THEY DISCOVERED THAT IF YOU BLOW A BAMBOO IT WILL
CREATE A SOUND.

PROJECT BELONGING BY ARTISTS ALFREDO AND ISABEL AQUILIZAN

-THEY USED OBJECTS, CLOTHES, SHOES, PERSONAL ACCESSORIES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS AND
COMPRESS THEM INTO CUBE-SHAPES. THIS ARTWORK REPRESENT THE BOXES SENT BY THE OFWS TO
THEIR FAMILY/LOVED ONES. THEY MADE THIS TO PAYBACK THE OFWS FOR THEIR HARDSHIP.

MATERIAL USED: RUBBER SLIPPERS – WHEN THEY WENT TO SINGAPORE. THEY MADE AN ARTWORK
MADE BY RUBBER SLIPPERS OF THE INMATES IN SINGAPORE. IN A WING FORMED.

MONA ALCUDIA’S ARTWORK USING PAPERS

SINGAPORE ART BRIDGE WAS PAINTED BY BATANES-BORN ARTIST PACITA ABAD WITH 2,350 MULTIPLE
COLORS.

ARTISTS LEAD THE COMMUNITY OR STUDENTS IN PAINTING MURALS ON WALLS TO MAKE A MORE
PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT AND TO RAISE CONSCIOUSNESS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
LOCAL MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

ARTIST HAVE THEIR OWN WAY OF EXPRESSING ART USING DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEDIUMS/MATERIALS AND MANNER BY
WHICH MATERIAL ARE PROCESSED AND TRANSFORMED.

MEDIUM-ARE THE MATERIAL USED TO CREATE AN ARTWORK, ARTIST USE MEDIUM TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHT, IDEAS, AND
FEELINGS, ETC.

MEDIUMS AND TECHNIQUES MAY ALSO DIFFER DEPENDING ON THE INCLINATION OF THE ARTIST AND THE PLACE WHERE IT
ORIGINATED. VARIOUS ARTWORKS ARE INSPIRED BY THE ARTIST’S LOCALITY; ITS RICH RESOURCES, CULTURE AND PRACTICES.

MATERIALS-TROUGH THEM, THEY TRANSFORM THEIR IDEA OR EXPERIENCE INTO SOMETHING TANGIBLE TO BE RECEIVED BY
THEIR AUDIENCE, VIEWER, OR LISTENER.

DIFFERENT COMMON MATERIALS TRANSFORMED INTO UNIQUE ARTWORKS

1. ABACA- INTIALLY USED AS MATERIAL FOR ROPE AND TRANSFORMED INTO A WIDE VARIETY OF EFFICIENT PRODUCTS.
2. BAKBAK-IT IS THE OUTERMOST COVERING OR LEAF SHEATH OF THE ABACA STALK, USED TO MAKE FURNITURE
3. BAMBOO- PROVED THAT IT’S A VERSATILE MUST-HAVE THAT DESIGNERS AND HOMEOWNERS SHOULD CONSIDER,
USED IN INSTRUMENTS, TEXTILE, FURNITURE
4. BUNTAL-IT’S A CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED FIBER, WHITE STRANDS THAT IS DURABLE
5. BURI- IT IS EXTRACTED FROM THE MATURED LEAVES OF THE BURI PALM, THE FIBER IS DURABLE AND RESISTANT
6. CAPIZ OR KAPIS SHELL= IT IS A BIVALVE MARINE MOLLLUSK IN THE FAMILY OF PLACUNIDAE, USED FOR VERY USEFUL
ARTISTIC APPLICATIONS LIKE WINDOWS
7. COCONUT SHELLS- CONSIDERED EQUAL IN QUALITY AND APPEARANCE WITH TURQUOISE SHELLS AND IVORY
8. PANDAN- THE FIBERS FOUND IN PANDAN LEAVES ARE PROVEN TO BE IDEAL IN MAKING HANDICRAFTS, SUCH AS
BAGS, WALLETS, BASKETS, AND OTHER SIMILAR PRODUCTS
9. RATTAN- THERE ARE DIFF TYPES OF PALMS SUCH AS HIGH OR LOW CLIMBERS. SINGLE STEMMED OR CLUSTTERED
RATTAN.
10. SANTOL WOOD= IS MOSTLY KNOWN FOR ITS FRUIT THAT IS POPULARLY CONSUMED AND USED AS AN INGREDIENT,
BUT IT CAN ALSO BE USED AS A MATERIAL FOR ARTWORK. EASIER TO WORK WITH.
11. BLOCKS- OUT OF RICE HULLS/SAW DUST
12. SCRAP/CUT TILES- MADE INTO DECORATIVE WALLS
13. HOUSE CLEANING MATERIALS- SCRUBS, RAG, STRAINER, MADE INTO FURNITURE DESIGNS.
14. SCRAP WOOD-MADE INTO WALL DECORS
15. BEADS
16. PAPER
17. METAL, TIE WIRES
18. CEMENT
19. CORRGUATED BOXES
20. TIN CANS
21. EMPTY CANS OR RECYCABLE PLASTICS