Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
DepEd Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
Schools Division of Eastern Samar
GUIUAN SOUTH DISTRICT

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN ARTS 7

Quarter 2 Week 5-6

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Lesson: The External (Foreign) and Internal (Indigenous)

Influences in the Making of a Craft or Artifact
Learning Competencies
(MELCs) with Code: Explains the external (foreign) and internal (indigenous)
influences that are reflected in the design of an artwork or in the
making of a craft or artifact (A7PL-IIh-4)

Creates crafts that can be locally assembled with local materials,

guided by local traditional techniques (e.g. habi,lilip, etc.)
(A7PR-IIc-e-1)

Directions: Read the questions carefully. Base your answers on the given pictures below
and write it on a sheet of paper.
A B C

1. Between pictures A and B above, which is a product of weaving?

2. Based from your answer in number one, what do you think are the materials used in
weaving the product shown in the picture?
3. What do you see in picture C?
4. What do you think is the usage of the object found in the picture C?

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 THE EXTERNAL (FOREIGN) INFLUENCES

China

Flax fiber is soft, lustrous (shiny) and flexible;

bundles of fiber have the appearance of blonde hair, hence
the description "flaxen" hair. It is stronger than cotton fiber,
but less elastic. Flax Fiber

TEXTILE WEAVES
1. Plain weave. It is strong and hard-wearing, and is used
for fashion and furnishing fabrics.
In plain weave cloth, the warp (goes vertically from
top to bottom) and weft (goes left to right across the fabric) Plain Weave
threads cross at right angles, aligned so they form a simple criss-
cross pattern.

2. Balanced plain weaves are fabrics in which the

warp and weft are made of threads of the same weight (size)
and the same number of ends per inch as picks per inch.A
balanced plain weave can be identified by its checkerboard-
like appearance. It is also known as one-up-one-down
weave or over and under pattern. Balance Plain Weave

India
1. Cotton tapestry was woven into an complicated pattern in
India tapestry weaving include linen, cotton, wool, as well as
finer threads such as silk, gold, silver, and other look
alike.The tapestry, a handmade object created
throughrepetitive actions, stands in for the block of stone,
which in turn symbolizes their ancestor's work. The cotton
tapestry as a grid composed of threads that are fixed on a
large frame (known as a loom). The vertical threads are Tapestry Weaving
known as warps, and the horizontal threads are known as
wefts.

2. Shital Pati is the traditional art of making a

handcrafted mat by weaving together strips of
a green cane known as ‘Murta’. The mat is used
by people all over Bangladesh as a sitting mat,
Shital Pati
bedspread or prayer mat.

Europe

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SAORI is the combination of the words 'SAI',meaning
everything has its own individual dignity, and 'ORI',
meaning weaving.SAORI' is an expression of oneself
freely regardless of age, gender, disability or intellectual
aptitude.
Saori Weaving
SAORI is practiced across Japan, other countries in Asia,
the Middle East, North America, Central America, South
America, Europe, Australia and Africa.

The internal (indigenous) Influences:

Mansalay
Anado weaving is used as a durable material for
hand loom weaving in the town of Mansalay. The fiber
produced shawls, place mats, table runners, and other
woven products. The fiber is also ideal for making
handicrafts which provide an additional source of
Anado Weaving
income for local communities.

Marinduque

Buli ( Buri Palm) and raffia leaves are good

materials used in the weaving of the Marinduqueños.
Buli Mat

Romblon
Romblon Plant, is a handwoven most usually
used for sleeping or sitting in East Asia especially in the
Philippines. The type of mat is traditionally made by
Cabilao weavers from the Philippines. Also Cabilao
weavers made the romblon double mat from dry leaves
that are sometimes dyed before being cut into strips and Romblon Mat
woven into a mat.

Ilo-ilo
Patadyong is often colorful and features linear and
geometric designs. The raw materials used are cotton and
abaca.

Patadyong
g
Aklan

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 Piña Weaving is the process of weaving using piña leaves the process of snapping
the short leaves of the plant is done while removing the thorny sides to reveal the bastos.
Bastos is the first set of fibers of the piña leaves. It is then followed by scraping with a
coconut shell to get the finer fibers called linawan. Piña is a natural fiber derived from the
leave.

Piña Weaving
ENGAGE

Directions: Read the following descriptions carefully. Write the word Foreign if it is
external or Indigenous if it is internal.

Descriptions Foreign / Indigenous

1. Patadyong is a type of cloth often colorful and

features linear and geometric designs.
2. Green cane known as murta is a material used
in making handcrafted mat
3. Romblon plants are used in making a hand
woven mat usually for sleeping or sitting.

4. Bastos is the first sets of fibers reveal from

piña leaves.

5.Piña weaving is a process that includes

snapping of short leaves or of the plant and
removing of the thorny sides.

6.Buli ( Buri Palm) and raffia are leaves that

became good materials in the weaving of
Marinduqueños.

7.Shita pati weaving is the traditional art of

making handcrafted mat.

8.Cotton tapestry is the use of cloth that was

woven into a complicated pattern in India which
includes linen, cotton, wool, as well as finer
threads such as silk.

9.Flax fiber is extracted from the bast beneath

the surface of the stem of the flax plant.

10.Anado weaving is a material for hand loom

weaving found in Mansalay.

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 Weaving your own Mat
Direction: Follow the steps shown in the pictures on how to make a rara. This is
called the taytay or the foundation of the banig making. Submit your output to your
teacher.

1 22 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

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Questions.
1. How did you admire in making mat using materials available in your surroundings?

Rubrics
5 4 3 2 1
Excellent Above Average Average Below Average Unsatisfactory

1. Elements of Planned carefully, Applied the Used some Used few Did not use any
Arts & showed effective use principles of design principles of elements of arts elements of arts
Principles of of the elements of using one or more design but with and did not and principles of
Design. arts and applied elements of arts in few elements of apply the design in creating
30% principles of design to creating products arts in their principles of their artworks.
produce end products or artwork that artworks. design in
that illustrate the illustrates the creating their art
characteristics of the characteristics of works.
arts of a given place. the arts of a given
place.

2. Creativity/ Illustrated shown Shown original The students Did not try new The students
Originality original ideas and ideas and did try an idea, idea or innovate showed no
40% interpretations of the interpretations but but it lacks on the materials evidence of original
given activities or did not innovate on originality did used. thought.
artworks and the materials used. not innovate on
innovates on the materials
materials used. used.

3. Effort The activity is The activity is The activity is The activity is The artwork is
Perseverance beautifully and neatly finished and finished and finished and unfinished and was
20% finished and passed passed on time but passed on time passed on time not passed on
on time shows lack of but needs many but unfinished. time.
effort. improvements.

4. Craftsmansh The artwork was With a little more Showed Showed below Showed poor
ip / skill/ beautiful and patiently effort, the work average average craftsmanship;
Consistency done could have been craftsmanship; craftsmanship; evidence of
10% outstanding; lacks adequate, but lack of pride in laziness or lack of
finishing touches. not as good as finished work. understanding.
it could have
been;a bit

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ASSESSMENT

Multiple choices. Directions: Read and answer the questions carefully. Write your answer
on a sheet of paper.

1. Which of the following is NOT a plain weave?

A. Persian weave C. Tabby weave

B. Linen weave D.Taffeta weave

2. What type of fabrics in which the warp (goes vertically from top to
bottom) and weft (goes left to right across the fabric) are made of threads of the
same weight (size) and the same number of ends per inch as picks per inch?

A. Tabby weave C. Taffeta weave

B. Balanced plain weaves D. Basket weave

3. What type of weaving is extracted from the bast beneath the surface of the
stem of the flax plant.

A. Plain weave C. Anado weave

B. Shita Pati weave D. Flax fiber

4. What weaving in Manansaly used as a durable material for handloom?

A. Anado weaving C. Plain weaving

B. tapestry weaving D. Persian weaving

5. What weaving includes snapping of short leaves of the plant and removal of the
thorny sides?

A. Patadyong weaving C. Romblon weaving

B. Piña weaving D. Anado weaving

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AANSWER KEY