ARTS AND CRAFTS OF LUZON looms.

the different designs represent

ART VOCABULARY
Indigenous - native to the place
Pre-historic - the period before any
written records were made
Comparisons - to look at two different
objects, artworks, creations and compare
them according to selected criteria.
different meanings,
the inabel designs are inspired by natural
elements : patterns that depict landforms,
the colors of flowers and vegetation etc.
Panagabel – oldest Ilocano tradition that
they have inherited from their ancestors.
The main ingredients of this loom are tilar,
sinulid and pasensya (patience).

ART ELEMENTS, PRINCIPLES & PROCESSES PANGASINAN

Geometric lines - different straight or Bolinao Mats – smoothly-weaved mats
curved lines. made from buri or raffia leaves.
Geometric shapes – squares, triangles,
rectangles, ovals, & hexagons
CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
Repeated design – one pattern or motif (CAR)
or color repeated over a space
Alternating designs – two or more patterns,
BENGUET
motif or color-alternated
Tinalik Baskets – baskets made from rattan
Graduated designs - a motif or pattern that
where farming-related artistic expressions
is repeated but in graduated size from small
are noticed
to big, or if is color, from light to dark.

FOLK ARTS FROM ILOCOS REGION &

CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
(CAR)
ILOCOS REGION
Iloco or Inabel or abel fabric- a hand
weaving technique of the Ilocanos that is
produces using the traditional wooden
KALINGA
Kalinga Textiles – characterized by
dominant red stripes and motifs of
geometric patterns as well as nature
symbols interlaced with white, yellow and
black fibers
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Tattoo Art – a form of folk art which
signifies a right of passage from youth to
adult life or heroism, status in the
community and bravery.

Whang Od-
Kalinga's Master Tattoist

IFUGAO
Ikat – loin cloth weaving characterized by
diamond stripes of white and red stripes.
Lingling-o or Dinumug – amulets used as
fertility symbols and worn around the neck