Seputangan Quiz & Flashcards: Explore Filipino Textile Art

Study Notes

Textile art involves creating items using fibers from plants, animals, insects, or synthetic sources.
The term "textile" derives from the Latin "texere," meaning to weave or construct.
Textiles serve various purposes: body covering, social signaling, storage, insulation, decoration, and for softening surfaces.

Textiles are among the oldest forms of art, with earliest accounts dating back 100,000 to 500,000 years during prehistoric times.
Early textile creation methods were entirely manual, making the process labor-intensive.
The Silk Road facilitated the trade of Chinese silk, influencing textile practices in India, Africa, and Europe.
The Industrial Revolution introduced automation in fabric production through innovations like the cotton gin, spinning jenny, and power loom.
Artists from the 1960s and 70s began to elevate textile work, moving it from "women's work" to a recognized form of high art.

A significant textile piece made from Abaca, believed to be a 13th-14th-century death shroud, was discovered in a wooden coffin on Banton Island, marking it as the oldest textile in the Philippines.

Embroidery: Adding decorative designs to fabric using thread.
Knitting: Creating fabric by interlacing yarn with needles in connected loops.
Weaving: Interlacing two sets of thread to form textiles.
Sewing: Using needle and thread to make or mend clothes.
Printing and Dyeing: Techniques for adding color and patterns to textiles.

Soul: Emotional or intellectual intensity expressed in artistic works.
Dreams: Mental images and emotions experienced during sleep.
Imagination: The ability to create and experiment, significantly influencing artistic production; can occur both suddenly and deliberately.

T'nalak: Sacred cloth of the T'boli people around Lake Sebu, Mindanao.
Weaving Process:
- Kedungon: Harvest and strip abaca fibers.
- Tembong: Connect fibers end-to-end.
- Semdang: Prepare fibers on the loom.
- Mebed: Knot fibers before dyeing.
- Temogo: Dyeing process using natural dyes.
- Hemto: Untie knots to reveal patterns.
Traditionally employs black, red, and white colors, with designs inspired by a mythical figure.

Dagmay: Woven cloth used traditionally as women's skirts and blankets.
Pis-Syabit: Handwoven cloth by Tausug ethnic group, made from cotton or silk using back strap loom techniques.
Darhata Sawabi: Renowned Pis-Syabit weaver known for her craftsmanship.

Seputangan: Square cloth used by the Yakan tribe as head covering or waistband, featuring complex geometric designs.
Yakan weavers, particularly Ambalang Ausalin, are respected for their craftsmanship; women trained in warping, designing, and weaving hold esteemed status.
The Yakan are recognized for their unique weaving style, characterized by off-white backgrounds and square patterns.