LESSON-1 in Handicraft
LESSON-1 in Handicraft
LESSON-1 in Handicraft
MODULE 1 : INTRODUCTION
LESSON 1
HANDICRAFTS is define as type of crafts where people make things using on their
own hands or with basic tools skilfully.
HANDICRAFTS is the art of creating products using raw materials and indigenous
materials.
The very first handicrafts to be made by humans started right at the dawn of mankind’s
evolution-making,
Induced by the need of food, the need of tools that were to be forged in order to hunt
for prey, to stored for harvested food, and the primal instinct of survival.
Homo habilis relied on objects from their environment and shaped surrounding
materials to their will, which resulted in creation of the first handicrafts ever made.
TOOLS! TOOLS & WEAPONS, like spears and axes which they used in order survive, to
hunt, to protect themselves in their wild habitats and to climb over predators higher than
themselves on the food chain.
YES, those are handicrafts, and they built a creative artistic basis for evolution of the
hand-made craft.
The craft gives its master (maker) a greater sense of value and empowers their
confidence in themselves, especially when their productions are difficult or impossible to
achieve using machines and an even greater sense of accomplishment when those
productions benefits others in their societies.
That is why handicrafts are not of great expense but of great value, especially those
aren’t practiced and those hard to learn and create, and those that belong to a craft that is
more difficult to preserve.
Almost every family in the Philippines owns one or more handicrafts products, baskets,
brooms, feather dusters, bamboo sofa set, cabinets and other more furniture. Accessories
like earrings, bracelets, necklaces and other clothing apparel made from native products like
beads, shells, seeds, and others.
Philippines is blessed with rich natural resources, they used the raw materials from
trees, plants, and other natural resources that are very abundant and turned them into
useful tools or instruments. All together, this sector is providing livelihood to more than 1
million Filipinos nationwide.
Moreover, handicrafts industry importance:
It promotes our cultural heritage through the use of indigenous materials.
Handicrafts products show an individual creativity and lofty imagination.
Producers of raw materials will be encouraged to produced more.
Employment is generated especially for undergraduates.
Values of perseverance and industry are developed.
2. MATERIAL – refers to the basic substance either in its natural, modified, or semi-
processed state that is used as an input to production process for subsequent
modification or transformation into finished product.
3. TECHNIQUE – is simply the method and process of treating the materials to construct
the object. This will help to determine the tools and equipment to be used.
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