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• Handicraft - more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft, sometimes also called artisanry
• Handicrafts - a traditional main sector of craft.
• Pottery is the art of making objects from hard clay by exposing them to heat or fire
• Pottery art has been used for over 9000 years and usually consists of archeological artifacts that define an era or time in history.
• The basic tool in pottery is the potter’s wheel. It is a simple turntable on which wet, fresh clay revolves while a potter shapes it with his or her hands. The wheel allows the potter to shape the object uniformly.
• After the objects are shaped, the soft clay is baked in a kiln (pottery)
• ❖In the Philippines, pottery is sometimes useful in making big jars or banga for relatives who have passed away.

  ❖Ilocos – burnay jars
• Burnay Jars

  
• Weaving is the making of fabric by interlacing threads.
• The machine used for weaving is called a loom.
• Warp threads are stretched on a frame, and an instrument called a shuffle carries weft threads under and over the warp.
• Maranao and Tausugs - tribes known for the okir-a-datu design.
• T'boli - They use birds, frogs, and man as a design for their woven products
• Ifugao - Known for their binulan and wanno.
• Kandit - Official costume of Tausug people.
• Jewelry - Symbol of wealth and prosperity,
• Woodcarving -  The art of putting designs on pieces of wood.
• Burnay Jar - The famous jars of Ilocos.
• Batangas - Province famous for their balisong.
• Ifugao's are Known for their binulan and wanno which are used as shawls to keep their body warm
• The malong is a famous male underpants in Maguindanao. It is a piece of cloth that’s tied at the waist and looks like a skirt
• Aside from cloth, there are other objects that are woven in the Philippines, such as baskets, fans, mats, bilao, fisherman’s net, furnitures and the farmer’s hat or salakot.
• In Bicol, abaca is used. The bamboo and rattan are also used
• In the North, Cordillera carves the bulol, a pagan statue of their gods or anitos.
• The sarimanok is a colorful bird with a fish on its beak. Naga or snake. Pako or fern.
• The Tagbanuas of Palawan use animals and man as a common deisgn for woodcarving
• Jewelry - It consists usually of amulets that are used to keep evil spirits away.
• ❖Tattoos are also used to decorate one’s body. They also show one’s place in society.
• ❖T’bolis - use brass for chains and bells. They also use beads and strings to make neckalces etc
• Metal craft - Brass, bronze, gold, and silver are heated and poured into molds to make objects from jewelry to other decorative objects.
• ❖Maranaos are famous for their metal craft
• In Batangas, a famous metal product is the balisong, a local knife.
• Abaca - known worldwide as Manila hemp.
• Abaca fiber is obtained from the leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis Nee) and is considered as the strongest among natural fibers.
• The length of the abaca fiber varies from 3 to 9 ft or more, depending on the height of the plant and the age of the leafsheath.
• The color of the abaca fiber ranges from ivory white to light and dark brown.
• Rattan - is superficially similar to bamboo, but distinct in that the stems are solid, rather than hollow, and also in their need for some sort of support. While bamboo can grow on its own, rattan cannot
• Bamboo - Stems of bamboo plants are stronger and flexible. Bamboo grows in all parts of the country - in plains, forests, hills and mountains.
• Among the varieties of bamboo are the spiny bamboo, kawayan China,kawayan kiling, bikal and buho.
• Coconut Shells - Coconut trees are abundant in the Philippines. Coconut shells vary in thickness and color depending on the age of the nut. They are used for fuel and for manufacturing articles such as buttons, pins, coin banks, lamp shades, and flower vases