CHAPTER 6:
HANDICRAFT
Presenter: Jophet Fernandez
Liza Ambrocio
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, student can:
 Explain the contribution of handicraft industries to the country’s culture and economy
 understand awareness on the history of handicrafts in the philippines
identify example of handicraft from selected region of the country (philippines)
Identify basic elements of handicrafts
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Introduction
Philippine economy. Its value both as a product and a skill has been recognized time
and again. This has been integrated in the Philippine educational system because of
its relationship to arts. According to UNESCO and International Bureau of
Education.(Galvante1958), the skill and understanding required by studying art
encourage the appreciation of nature, life, production, and art. Moreover,
handicraft is also recognized as an important means for aesthetic, intellectual,
and moral education. Taking handicraft as part of the curriculum would help
students develop self-realization through self-confidence, creative self-expression
and communication of one's ideas to others. Students would also learn to respect
and value the artistic expression of others within the context of values prevailing in
the community.
Handicraft
A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed
as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide
variety of types of work where useful and decorative
objects are made completely by one's hand or by
using only simple, non-automated related tools like
scissors, carving implements, or hooks.
Cultural Importance
The culture and tradition of our country have also
been preserved through the love of handicraft History
gives concrete evidence of our rich traditional art,
skills and talents as well as the Filipino way of life.
HERE SOME EXAMPLE:
1. Tacloban - Tacloban name was said to have been derived from
bamboo baskets known as
• taklub" or cover. This Utaklub" was created for fishermen to
catch fish. crabs or shrimps in shallow areas by hovering a fish
and covering it quickly to make a catch.
2. Davao - a similar basket was also used by the Bagobo tribe (Cole,
1913). This is the reason why, in the Social Sciences and in
Home Economics subject, these handcrafted materials are
included as culture materials to study how the community
managed their resources At present, craftsmen and majority of the
Filipinos have developed the love for handicraft products by
showcasing them not only in museums but by also using them in
their everyday life.
Economic Importance
Handicraft is a great contributor to the economic development of
the Philippines through job creation and employment A huge
number of artisans and employees are hired by handicraft
industries. Even with low capital investments, handicraft products
are now part of the international market which bring additional
income to the country.
Handicraft in the Philippines: A Brief History
Handicraft in the Philippines is almost 5000 years old. In the Philippines some evidence
of early Filipinos craftsmanship have been discovered in caves and in the burial places of
ancient Philippine tribes before the Spanish Colonid period (Galvante, Udan, &
Salvador, 1958). Some of these relics were tie 29 earthenware secondary burial pots
called the Maitum jars, named after Ayub Cave in Maitum, Saranggani Province where
these jars were found. The report said that these jars were "anthropomorphic", meaning
human-shaped the jars have head-shaped covers which depict varied facial expressions
Handicraft flourished especially as religious items during the Spanish colonial
period. The more prominent handicrafts known were the sculpture,
woodcarving, metal craft, embroidery, and weaving. The Philippines was
known for embroidery such as Calado, which was applied to clothes and
undergarments.
The Banton cloth in Banton, Romblon, woven from red, black, and white
abaca threads is also known as the oldest relic estimated to be 400 years
old during the time of Spanish occupation.
The introduction of handiwork or skills in the primary
curriculum paved the way to the growth of handicraft in the
country during the American occupation. The teaching of
handicraft was taught differentiated by gender. Carpentry was
taught for boys while the embroidery such as Ca-lado was for the
girls. Such development gave the local designs and indigenous
handicraft to flour-ish and export of these products was made
possible. The existing free trade agreement with the United
States has given way for the export of Marikina shoes, buntal and
Baliwag hats, and other embroidered products.
Indigenous Philippine Arts and Crafts
Weaving is the most precious traditional livelihood that originated in
tie pre-colonial times and is still kept until today. The art of weaving of me
Cordillera tribal groups in the northern part of the country is still existing
despite the threat of the more practical, mass production of cloth. The
natives used backstrap loom to produce blankets and articles of clothing
(The Freeman, 2016).
In the entire province of Antique, Pinya cloth has also been produced
in looms.It is a delicate and leaves exquisite of pineapple hand-woven
plants. cloth The Barong that is made Tagalog from is the pers obtained
popular product from made from this organic and airy textile of pinya fiber.
Abaca fiber is pro-duced from the abaca plant which is grown in some
places. Eastern Visayas is the largest supplier of this product followed by
Bicol region.
Pinya cloth
Handicrafts from Selected Regions
Almost every region in the Philippines has its own "specialty" products or unique
process. Examples of traditional handicrafts from selected regions are discussed in
the succeeding paragraph.
1. Loom Weaving — Cordillera Administrative Region Some of the tribes in the
Cordillera have their unique weaving techniques. In Abra, there are three known
types of weaving techniques namely:
Loom Weaving
• Pinilian - weaving features designs common to the locality
• Binakol - features uniform geometric patterns that depict the
waves of sea.
• Tiniri- it uses "twisted weaving technique
2. Calado — Lumban, Laguna, and Taal, Batangas Calado is a
type of embroidery using a process of pulling threads from
certain areas of a cloth, usually pinya or jusi, then sewing the
drawn threads using various stitches to form clean holes on
the cloth The final process entails embroidery to create
designs that am smooth, evenly stitched and With an
embossed quality to give depth and volume.A
3. Marble Craft- Romblon Romblon marble is known to have
qualities with commercial value that can rival those of other
countries like Italy. The famous mortar and pestle which are used in
the kitchen are the earliest prod-ucts carved out of marble.
Three Basic Elements of Handicraft
1. Design. This refers to an idea or an arrangement scheme that is shown or
exhibited into a configuration, drawing, model, mold. pattern plan or
specification to work out the form of an object Once the design is drawn by
the artisan or designer, the expected finished shall be visualized with the
given perspective.
2. Material. This is the most important element of handicraft which is used as
input to a production pro-cess for subsequent transformation into the
finished product. This could either be natural, modified or in its semiprocessed state.
3. Technique. This refers to the method and process on how the material is to
be handled. The tools and equipment to be used will determine the
technique to be applied in the production stage.