Local Materials used in contemporary art

Local Materials

found in a particular area or belonging to or connected with a particular place/area

Indigenous art materials

materials that are anatural or inherent from the place or locality, has been there from the start

Abaca

belongs to a family of bananas, slim and taller, used for fibers, for fruits; hast natural luster of colors from pure white to ivory and dark brown

Bakbak

outermost covering or leaf sheath of abaca stalk, braided or twined to make a flat thick durable sheath; has strong brown fibers used to make furniture, mats, and boxes

Bamboo

used as a raw material in creating many new products, used in construction, or textiles, and as musical instrument or weapons. e.g.; kubing, bungkaka, tongatong, angklung, pateteg, and gabbang

Buntal

cylindrically shaped fibers with supple ivory white strands that are durable, pliable, and with good dyeing qualities

Buri

extracted from matured leaves of the buri palm with fiber that is durable and resistant to moisture

Coir

fibrous material surrounding the fruit of the coconut tree

Nito

a plant belonging to the fern family that grows abundantly in the hinterlands of mindanao

Pandan

a tropical plant that is processed and transformed into splints that are being used as as raw material

Raffia

a fiber extracted from unopened buri leaf in three stages, woven into fabrics or used as wall coverings

Rattan

belongs to the palm family which can be high or low climbers, single stemmed or clustered rattan species

Tikiw

a large, erect, and aquatic or marshy herb plant found in central luzon, it abounds in freshwater swaps and in newly opened rice land at low altitude

Tikog

belongs to sea grasses, a native reed plant used as a raw material for mat weaving 

Ilongot Jewelry

pearl, readhombil beak, plants, metals