LOCAL MATERIALS

• Abaca belongs to the family of bananas.
• Other products that result from using this local material include: bags, decorative mats, hampers, newspaper racks, table mat, waste bin, tower candle holder, wall decors.
• Abaca's fiber has a natural luster with colors ranging from pure white to ivory and dark brown.
• Famous products out of this local material include: slippers, ropes, twine, hammock, frame, display jar and other jars, and the Chelsea chair.
• Bakbak is the outermost covering of the leaf sheath of the abaca stalk, usually braided or twined to make a flat thick durable sheath.
• The strong brown fiber of Bakbak is used to make furnitures, mats, boxes, bins, display jars, arm chair, and the famous Cecilia dining table.
• Bamboo is used as a raw material in creating many products.
• Bamboo is typically used in construction, or textiles, and as musical instruments or weapons.
• Famous products created from bamboo are Kubing, bungkaka, tongatong, angklung, pateteg, gabbang.
• Buri is extracted from matured leaves of the buri palm with fiber that is durable and resistant to moisture.
• Famous products created from buri are: hats, bags, baskets, memorabilia boxes, perfume tray, and other woven products.
• Coir is fibrous material surrounding the fruit of the coconut tree.
• Many products that are made from Raffia include hats, placemats, folders, shoes, slippers, boxes, portfolio, and ladies’ bags, placemats, circular boxes, document boxes.
• Rattan belongs to the palm family which can be high or low climbers, single stemmed or clustered rattan species.
• Raffia is a fiber extracted from unopened buri leaf in three stages, which is woven into fabrics or used as wall coverings, upholstery material, folding doors, and window hangings.
• Nito is used to create products such as bags, bread trays, lampshades, and decorative jars.
• Rattan is used to create products such as baskets, picture frames, furniture, and other novelty items, Zoya lounge chair, Valencia queen size bed, Rest divan, wall coverings, upholstery materials, folding doors, and window hangings.
• Pandan is a tropical plant that is processed and transformed into splints that are used as a raw material.
• Tikog belongs to sea grasses and is a native reed plant used as a raw material for mat weaving.
• Baskets, hats, picture frames, and bags are known products made from Pandan.
• Nito is a plant belonging to the fern family that grows abundantly in the hinterlands of Mindanao.
• Indoor or outdoor fiber carpets, wall covering, doormat, trellises, and geo-textiles are some of the products made out of the coconut coir fiber.
• BUNTAL

  • Cylindrically shaped fibers with supple ivory white strands that are durable, pliable, and with good dyeing qualities
  • Famous products created from buntal are: bags, shoes, desk accessories like pen holder, picture frames, file trays, wallets, placemats, braide, lampshades, window blinds.