Local Materials Used As Applied To Contemporary Art

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Puni or Palm Folding (Bulacan)

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The art of leaf folding in Bulacan Province Philippines.

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Puni

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A tagalog term from the province of Bulacan which means to beatify or decorate with the use of coconut leaf.

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Puni or Palm Folding (Bulacan)

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Coconut leaves are fashioned by folding, plaiting, braiding, and simple weaving, which may have functional as well as aesthetic uses.

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Puni or Palm Folding (Bulacan)

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It can be categorized according to their uses but the most common designs are in the form of toys such as birds, fish, grasshopper.

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Puni or Palm Folding (Bulacan)

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They are also used as food containers for suman, rice, and various kakanin, the most commonly known is the “puso” and paraphernalia for religious rituals especially during Palm Sunday when this design are used to accentuate the “palaspas.”

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Sinangkaban or Bamboo Art

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Is a local item for bamboo arches elaborately designed with kayas.

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Sinangkaban or Bamboo Art

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Filipino word for decorated, bamboo arch, used as a welcome signage of a town, city, or village.

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Sinangkaban or Bamboo Art

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is an annual provincial event of Bulacan where Bulakenyo culture and arts are featured in a week-long celebration.

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Saniculas Cookie Mold Carvings (Pampanga)

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Are arrowroot cookies that have the image of St. Nicholas molded on it ergo the name Saniculas. St.Nicholas is also known as “the healer” and is the go saint for those who need “healing” from illness.

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Kayas

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wood shaving

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Pabalat or Pastillas Wrapper cutting art (Bulacan)

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It’s a folkart because it originated among the townsfolk reflecting their traditional culture.

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Siningbayan

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Filipino term of Pabalat or Pastillas Wrapper cutting art (Bulacan)

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it pertains to the product pabalat as a product (paper cut-outs).

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"Pabalat" means on a literal note

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it connotes the state-of-the-art practice

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"Pabalat" means on a metaphorical level

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The Healer

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St. Nicholas is also known as

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Taka (Laguna)

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Refers to paper mache made using carved wooden sculpture used as a mold.

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Taka (Laguna)

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Pioneered by Paete local named Maria Piday in 1920’s.

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Maria Piday

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Taka is pioneered by Paete local in 1920s

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Taka-making

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not an exclusive Pinoy Art because paper mache and decoupaging have been around centuries.

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Brown craft paper

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used as a final layer for taka made for a thicker base and smoother finish for the craft.

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Pagbuburda

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always made an exquisite presence in the highlights of Philippine history.

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Pagbuburda

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The embroiderer would have to slightly dampen the textile and separate thread by thread, and then stitch them together to achieve the dainty netted look of calado embroidery.

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Abaca

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Mainly used for the production of speciality papers.

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Abaca

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Also called manila hemp, it is extracted from the leaf sheath around the trunk of the abaca plant

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Manila Hemp

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Abaca is also called

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Abaca

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Is a natural fiber harvested from a close relative of the banana tree.

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Canvas

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Is a surface you point on that is often made from tightly stretched unbleached cloth or a closely woven fabric that is often used to make boat sail, purses, and upholstery.

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Bariw

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Product used for Banig weaving

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Muscovado

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one of the major products that raise economic life in the Province of Antique.

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mascabado which means unrefined

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Muscovado comes from a Spanish word ____ which means ____

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clay, fine sand and red soil, proper proportion of water

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the materials used in manufacturing clay products

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Puni or Palm Folding, Sinangkaban or Bamboo Art, Pabalat or Pastillas Wrapper cutting art

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Local Materials from Bulacan

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Banigan Festival

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Festival that promote banig (bariw brown mats) and sub-products of banig as their One-town-One Product (OTOP).

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Banigan Festival

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The festival aims to encourage the banig weavers that the banig they produced could possibly turn into a highly valuable item that can be known not only in the province but also in the international market.

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Chime Halo

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a hanging bamboo chimes in Cavite made by Impy Pilipil.

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Project be-longing

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a cubes composed of personal belongings, representing balikbayan boxes.

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Project Be-longing

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Made by Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan of Laguna.

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Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan of Laguna.

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project be-longing is made by

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Wings

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made up of used rubber slippers collected from Singapore Correctional Facility

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Wings

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Made by Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan of Laguna.

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BODY PAINT FOR LIVE ART IN POWERPLANT MALL

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performance by Martin de Mesa of Manila.

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HYATT HOTEL CITY OF DREAMS

SINGAPORE ART BRIDGE

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Made by Pacita Abad

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Formosa Series I

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a paper sculpture made by Ryan Villamael of Laguna

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Matrimony

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Made of wood and resin

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Matrimony

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Work of Carlo De Laza of Manila