Materials and Methods of Indigenous Creative Crafts

Indigenous materials are found in the locality and are widely used in traditional arts and crafts.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

In order to create a handicraft with utilitarian and aesthetic purpose, different raw materials readily available in the surroundings are used. Some of the indigenous materials are sawali, coco coir (trunks, leaves, husk), bagasse, abaca, bamboo, palm frond stems, earth and mud bricks, cane wood (rattan), rice husk, cogon, etc.

What do you call the fiber material obtained from the leafstalk of a banana plant?

Answer explanation

Most of abaca fibers are found in the Bicol region.

Today, rolling and pressing are considered as the most important methods in manufacturing metal products. Which of the following is a metal medium?

• Mahogany

• Wrought iron

• Terra cotta

• Piña

Answer explanation

Wrought iron is worked upon the anvil while it is hot; iron bars, rods, and plates are heated and then hammered and twisted into attenuated forms such brackets, grills, hinges, locks, gates, balconies, etc.

Which among the following indigenous material has low degree of elasticity, low concrete adhesion, and wide variable moisture content that is very useful in architectural forms and designs?

• Bagasse

• Apitong

• Kawayan

• Cogon

Answer explanation

The ue of bamboo materials can lead to substantial savings and increased employment in the locality. Bamboo materials are mostly found in Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela, and in the Bicol region.

Are concrete materials (cement mortar, synthetic stones, and the like) indigineous materials?

• Yes

• No

This is a sugar cane waste used for insulation or cement backing.

• Sawali

• Coco coir

• Cotton

• Bagasse

__________ is the material which the artist or craftworker used to translate his feelings or thought into a beautiful reality.

• Medium

• Technique

Answer explanation

The medium denotes the means by which an artist or craftworker communicates his/her ideas. It i the stuff out of which he creates a work of art.

_________ is the manner in which the artist or craftworker controls his/her medium to achieve the desired effect/output.

This is a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design.

• Tapestry

• Plaster

What do you call the natural earthy material that has the nature of plasticity when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminim used for making bricks and ceramics.

• Brass

• Granite

• Marble

• Clay