TEXTILE

• The process of creating something using fibers gained from sources

  like plants, animals, insects (like silkworms), or synthetic materials.

  TEXTILE ART
• A method of fabric production in which two

  distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.

  WEAVING
• A reflection of the traditions, ways of life, resourcefulness, and

  worldview of the people weaving and wearing them in usually vibrant and harmonious colors of their immediate environment.

  TEXTILES
• Textile Art from the Different Provinces in the Cordillera

  • Bontoc Textile (Mountain Province)
  • Kalinga Textile
  • Abra Textile
  • Benguet Textile
  • Ifugao Textile
• Important individuals (KADANGYANS) were buried with their prized blankets.
• Traditional weaving in the Cordilleras was intricately a part of ritual life.
• Bontoc Textile

  From the mountain province
• Bontoc Textile

  inspired by the nature around them.
• SINIWSIWAN


  Bontoc’s blanket and clothing.
• WANES


  (g-string for men)
• LUFID


  tapis for women
• GINASPALA WANES


  worn by married women.
• INAWIN DESIGN 


  composed of continuous zigzag design.
• Bontoc textile revolves around the idea of centeredness,

  which symbolizes permanence, order, and balance, key factors in the life of the Bontoc people.
• Weavers demonstrate this idea through the direction of their weave, from the edge to the middle, to the symmetry of the cloth construction and the repeated warp-striped design.
• LANGKIT OR EDGING


  the simplest part of the cloth.
• PA- IKID OR SIDE PANELS
• FATAWIL OR WARP BANDS
• SHUKYONG OR ARROWS
• SINANGAD-AM DESIGN


  most challenging part of the cloth.
• SINANGAD-AM DESIGN


  represents the Sinamaki weaving.
• INCORPORATED DESIGNS IN BONTOC TEXTILES

  • TINAGTAKHO (human figure)
  • MINATMATA (diamond)
  • TINITIKO (zigzag)
• PA-KHAWA 


  the center panel.
• The center panel features a band in the middle and a kan-ay (supplementary weft) at its end.
• BONTOC TEXTILE


  EXAMPLE

  
• KALINGA TEXTILE


  characterized by dominant red stripes and motifs of geometric patterns as well as symbols interlaced with white, yellow and black fibers.
• KALINGA TEXTILE


  The Kalinga gilamat (ginamat)
• GILAMAT KA-IN


  commonly used among women as skirt in Kalinga.
• The colors indigo and red symbolize the sky and the ground.
• The yellow portion is embroidered and depicts mountains. This color also symbolizes wealth, as do the embroidered plants that refer to growth and fertility.
• The Kalinga weavers, particularly in the upper Kalinga area, put textures on the striped bands using twill-weave technique.
• INATA-ATA, and PAWEKAN or MOTHER OF PEARL PLATELETS. The things that they put textures on the striped bands using twill-weave technique.
• KALINGA TEXTILE



  example

  
• ABRA TEXTILES


  Textile from this province are dyed using natural dyes from plants.
• mahogany for red
• jackfruit and ginger for yellow
• malatayum plant for indigo
• the Narra tree for brown.
• In Abra Textile, one common design in their fabric is the frog.
• Abra textile is traditionally worn during the rainy month in the belief that this will please the gods and their ancestors in giving them the best out of the planting season.