Textile Art, Soul Dreams, and Imagination

TEXTILE ART: SOUL, DREAMS, AND IMAGINATION

TINALAK PROCESS, T’BOLI ART, DAGMAY, PIS-YABIT, SEPUTANGAN, INAUL

Visual Elements in Philippine Traditional Motifs And Crafts And Decorative Motifs And
Symbols And Classification

Textile art
• the process of creating something using fibers gained from sources like plants,
animals, insects or synthetic materials
T’nalak process
• one of the eminent products that the province of South Cotabato has become
celebrated is the T’nalak weaving.
• A unique weaving pattern that illustrates geometric patterns depicting both art
and a definite paradigm of culture dreamt to life by T’boli people, an ethic tribe
in the Philippines.
• It is made of abaca fibers with miniscule knots and dyed red and black with striking
profundity.
• The process starts by tediously stripping the abaca fiber from the pulp and gently
coaxing the fibers to become soft and workable. The fibers are then carefully
aligned on the loom much like a blank canvass for the initial stages of translating
a dream into a work of art.
T’boli art for the T’boli weaving

• another skill that has been raised to the level of art
• The traditional cloth, the t’nalak is made of krungon (abaca fiber) extracted from
the mature fruit bearing wild abaca.
• T’boli folk literature reflects typical beliefs, customs and traditions of their society.
Dagmay
• a handwoven textile made from abaca.
• Making it involves a mud dyeing techniques wherein tribe members soak their
tannin -dyed yarns into iron rich mud for days.
• The Mandaya women weave the fibers into intricate figures and patterns
depicting their folklores and beliefs.
Pis yabit
• the multicolored cloth of the Tausug
• traditionally worn by the Tausug men as a headdress or clothing accessory folded
neatly and draped over the left shoulder
• It is worn along the lapi or upper garments and the sawal or loose trousers
• symbolizes the wearers elevated position in the society
Seputangan
• a handwoven square cloth used as a headcover by women or as a sash.
• Traditionally it has an off white background usually with square patterns which are
“stood up on end”
o The patterns are of great variety and so cannot be pre programmed as for
other types of weaving.
• about one meter wide it is very difficult to weave
Inaul
• also pronounced as inol
• a time honored weaving tradition of the Maguindanao people usually made into
malong or wrap around skirt commonly and regularly used by both sexes.
• The Maranaos of Marawi City has this weaving tradition
Philippine Traditional Artifacts and Cultural Crafts

➢ According to the National Commission for the Culture and Arts – Cultural identity
is essential to every society.
➢ The art and culture of a people represent the sum total of a nation’s history and
civilization.
➢ A nation is only great as its culture while its true image and soul is reflected in its
art.
➢ Some examples of arts and crafts t’nalak, Igorot cloth, malong, baskets, pottery,
handmade brooms, sombrero, seagrass slippers, banig, buri, etc.
Motif
• an element of an image may be repeated in a pattern or design or may occur
once in a work.
7 Elements in Visual Arts

• Line
• Shape
• Texture
• Form
• Space
• Color
• Value
• mark making
• materiality
SOUL AND SPACE, TOROGAN, IFUGAO BALE, BAHAY KUBO, BAHAY NA
BATO AND OTHER INDIGENOUS HOUSES.
SYMMETRY ART: OKIR/UKKIL
Soul and space

• Webster Dictionary defines soul as the immaterial essence or animating principle
of an individual life, a person’s total self or even the cultural consciousness and
pride of a person.
• Space on the other hand, may refer to an area a distance from other people or
things that a person needs in order to remain comfortable an opportunity for
privacy or time to one self.
Torogan
• Literally means a sleeping place
• a traditional house built by the Maranao people of Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines.
• A torogan was a symbol of high social status.
• Such a residence was once a home to a Sultan or Datu in the Maranao
community.
Ifugao Bale or Native House

• said to be the first prefabricated house in the world according to renowned
anthropologist Otley Beyer.
• This type of dwelling does not make use of nails thus it is called no nails house.
Bahay Kubo or nipa hut

• a type of stilt house indigenous to the culture of the Philippines.
• known as “payag or kamalig”in other languages in the Philippines.
• often serves as an icon of Philippine culture
• Its architectural principles gave way to many of Filipino traditional houses and
buildings that rose after the pre – colonial era.
Bahay na Bato
• Literally house of stone
• a type of building originating during the Philippines’ Spanish colonial period
• the updated version of the traditional bahay kubo
• Its design has evolved throughout the ages, but still maintains the bahay kubo’s
architectural basis which corresponds to the total climate, stormy season and
earthquake prone environment of the whole archipelago of the Philippines and
fuses it with the influence of Spanish colonizers and Chinese traders.
Symmetry art/Okir or Ukkil

• the term for geometric and flowing plant based designs and folk motifs that can
usually be found among the Moro and Lumad peoples of southern Philippines as
well as parts of Sabah
• particularly associated with the artwork of Maranao and Sama (Badjao) people
• the design elements vary among these ethnic groups with the greatest refinement
found among the Maranao.
IMPROVISATION IN VARIOUS FORMS, CONTACT BODY
IMPROVISATION, SOUND IMPROVISATION, THEATER IMPROVISATION,
SOLVING IMPROVISATIONAL CHALLENGES
INDIGENOUS ART, MUSLIM ART, CHRISTIAN ART, CONTEMPORARY ART AND
PRACTICE AND MOVEMENT
Improvisation
• the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using
whatever can be found.
• in the performing arts, it is a very spontaneous performance without specific or
scripted presentation
a. Contact Improvisation
o a form of improvised dancing that has been developed internationally
since 1972
o involves the exploration of one’s body in relationship to others by using the
fundamentals of sharing weight, touch and movement awareness.
• Improvisation in music is the act of creating and playing new music without
preparing it in advance
o involves creatively using the available resources at hand, such as musical
instruments and your listening to skills to compose music spontaneously
Indigenous art
• an art made by the indigenous peoples of the Philippines
• includes works in raw materials such as extract from trees, fruits and vegetables
• Some of the art treasure of the Philippines can be found among the rocks, caves
and woods.
Muslim art or Islamic art

• difficult to characterize because it covers a wide range of lands, periods and
genres including Islamic architecture, Islamic calligraphy, Islamic miniature, Islamic
glass, Islamic pottery and textiles such as carpet and embroidery
• comprises both religious and secular art forms
Christian art
• sacred art which uses themes and imagery from Christianity
• Most Christian groups use or have used art to some extent, although some have
had strong objections to some forms of religious image, and there have been
major periods of iconoclasm within Christianity
Contemporary art
• the art of today produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st
century
• Contemporary artist work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse and
technologically advancing world.

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TEXTILE ART: SOUL, DREAMS, AND IMAGINATION

TINALAK PROCESS, T’BOLI ART, DAGMAY, PIS-YABIT, SEPUTANGAN, INAUL

T’boli art for the T’boli weaving

Philippine Traditional Artifacts and Cultural Crafts

7 Elements in Visual Arts

Soul and space

Ifugao Bale or Native House

Bahay Kubo or nipa hut

Symmetry art/Okir or Ukkil

Muslim art or Islamic art

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