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• Art is human expression. This expression of man's thoughts and emotions may take many forms.
• Local materials


  Things that can be found or seen readily in large quantity at a certain locality. Materials that can be used to fabricate a finished element.
• Local materials in the house

  • Boxes
  • Bottles
  • Plastic wrap
  • Tin cans
  • Other recycled materials
• Recycled art


  Art made from recycled materials
• Strings


  • Embroidery floss
  • Yarn
  • Thicker strings
• String art


  Art made from strings, often referred to as pin-and-thread art
• Wood


  • Used in wood carving and wood sculpture
• Wood carving


  The art of fashioning or ornamenting objects of wood by cutting with a sharp handheld implement
• Clay


  A stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically yellow, red, or bluish gray in color and often forming an impermeable layer in the soil. It can be molded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics.
• Adobe


  A natural mixture of clay rich, sand and straw used in sculpture to form figures that are soft like clay and when dry is as hard as rock.
• Coconut leaves


  • Used in traditional palm folding art called Puni in Bulacan, Philippines. Also used in making crafts like mat weaving, basket weaving, and hand weaving.
• Puni


  The art of leaf fronds folding, a Tagalog term which means to beautify or decorate with coco leaf.
• Buri (Silag)


  • Fibers from the Buri Palm can be woven into pieces of art like fan, mats, baskets, bottle holder, bags, placemats, hats, etc.
• Rattan


  • A member of the palm family, grows vine-like, spreading through tropical rain forests and reaching hundreds of meters in length.
• Abaca


  • The washed and dried abaca fibers are used to make woven baskets, braided ropes, twines, fishing lines and nets, as well as coarse cloth for sacking. There is a flourishing niche market for abaca clothing, curtains, screens and furnishings.
• Pandan


  • The leaves are fibrous, resistant to decay and grows very long. The leaves are boiled and each leaf is cleaned by removing the sharp spines on the margins and midrib.
• Charcoal


  An organic drawing material from burnt wood, can come in two forms: vine charcoal and compressed charcoal.
• Shells


  • Puka shells, paua, Blacklip, sigay, troca, and capiz (windowpane oyster shell) are used in shell craft.
• Capiz shell


  A whitish, translucent shell found in the coastal waters of the Philippines, also known as the windowpane oyster shell. Used to make wind chimes, tiles, lamp shades, picture frames, jewelry boxes, accessories and decorations for the holidays like Christmas lanterns (parol).
• Puka shells


  Come from cone shells that have been tossed, tumbled in the surf and sand overtime until all that remains is the cupped top. The hole (puka) is naturally worn through. The natural colors ranges from white to beige and tan.
• Paua shells


  Come from large edible abalone whose shell is used to make jewelry.
• Blacklip shells


  Come from various marine creatures whose shell has a blacklip edge.
• Sigay shells


  Come from cowrie shells which are harvested to make necklaces, bracelets and curtains.
• Troca shells


  Are spiral to conical shells used for fancy accessories. The exterior maybe smooth, glossy, or sculptured. These shells have pearly interiors.
• Coconut shells


  • Considered hard wood which produces craft works that are of excellent quality, imperishable and relatively easy to make with the proper training and right tools. Carved in different designs and varnished.
• Global networks


  Networks that cross borders and connect to more than one country