LESSON 1

• An art is always created with a technique.
• Classification of Art Forms According to Medium

  • Musical
  • Practical
  • Environmental
  • Pictorial Works
  • Narrative
• Contemporary Arts Techniques

  • Minimalism
  • Found Objects
  • Large-Scale Art
• Contemporary Arts Techniquesand Materials in Contemporary Arts

  • Mark Salvatus' Secret Garden 2
  • Interactive Games by Ikoy Ricio
  • Untitled (Mirrors) by Maria Taniguchi
  • Felix Bacolor's Waiting (2012)
  • Anonymous Animals in Mariyah Gallery in Dumaguete 2013 (Taguchi, Teves, Sollesta, Vanlenzuela and Ranada)
• technique - is the way the artist uses and manipulates the materials to express an idea or feeling through an art.
• Puni - is famous and can be found in Bulacan
• Puni - is the bulakenyo's way of creating decorations using leaf fronds which has a Malayan origin
• Straw - are used to create a cylindrical hollow tubes
• Coconut leaf fronds - are the leaf that is used in puni
• Straw folding - an art that uses straw. The straw are folded by rolling a elongated sheets of wax-coated sheet of paper into a cylindrical hollow tubes
• Orgami - it is associated with the Japanese culture where Ori means folding, while kami means paper
• Ori - means folding
• Kami - means paper
• Ori + kami = folding paper
• Singkaban is an welcome arc using a bamboo that can be found at Malolos, Bulacan
• Singkaban - is a welcome arc made from bamboo that used as a welcome signage in towns, villages, and city in the country
• Bamboo Art -is used for decorations
• Bamboo Art - for a bamboo to used as a decorations it must undergo the following process: cleaning, cutting, peeling, splitting, spritting, and weaving. For more details designs, the artist will do the following: incising, burning, carving, dyeing
• Saniculas - is famous cookie found in Pampanga
• Pampanga - Culinary Capital of the Philippines
• Saniculas is made using the imprint of the miracle healer San Nicolas de Tolentino according to the Pampanga local legend
• Saniculas - saniculas cookie are well known made with the imprint of San Nicolas de Tolentino the miracle healer according to Pampanga local legend
• Polvoron Molder - is a kitchen tool that is used to hold the powder into an oval or a round shapes
• Polvoron Molder - has two shapes oval and round
• Pabalat is a popular art in San Miguel, Bulacan
• Pabalat - also known as pastillas wrapper
• Pabalat - known as pastillas wrappers are a local and folk traditions in San Miguel, Bulacan that are transformed into a popular form of art
• Taka - is a well-known paper mache using a wooden sculpture in Paete, Laguna
• Taka - refers to a paper mache using a carved wooden sculpture as mold and can be found in Paete, Laguna
• Paper Mache - an art that uses molds, paper pieces, and a pulp that are put together using glue or different adhesives to create an art
• Pagbuburda - is famous at the cities of Taal, Batangas, and Lumban, Laguna
• Pagbuburda - taal embroideries are characterized in a fine design with a delicate embossed, durable, and colorful patterns
• Pagbuburda other term is taal embroideries
• Stitching - these are the basic elements of sewing, knitting, and embroidering that can be done using a machine or by hand
• Needle Arts: sewing, knitting, and embroidering
• Loom bands - called rainbow looms
• Loom bands - are elastic rubber and colorful rubbers use to create colorful jewelries
• Loom bands - also called rainbow looms which are a plastic tool used to weave colorful rubbers and plastic bands to create decorative items and jewelries such as bracelets, necklaces and charms
• Nylon bracelets - a light weight elastics and synthetic polymer ornament band hoop or chain worn on the wrist
• Minimalism - is an artistic movement that seeks to take away unnecessary and leaving only the essential