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Philippine Textile Art & Innovations

The document discusses traditional Philippine motifs and crafts, with a focus on textile art. It describes how light microscopy, electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy are used to study ancient textiles and identify the natural plant fibers used. For example, flax fibers show longitudinal and cross striations under microscopy. The document also discusses future innovations in plant-based textiles, including an artist who creates biodegradable clothing and textiles using microbial cellulose grown in buckets. It aims to create an open source community to advance innovations in biological materials and catalyze product development using these techniques.

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Philippine Textile Art & Innovations

The document discusses traditional Philippine motifs and crafts, with a focus on textile art. It describes how light microscopy, electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy are used to study ancient textiles and identify the natural plant fibers used. For example, flax fibers show longitudinal and cross striations under microscopy. The document also discusses future innovations in plant-based textiles, including an artist who creates biodegradable clothing and textiles using microbial cellulose grown in buckets. It aims to create an open source community to advance innovations in biological materials and catalyze product development using these techniques.

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PHILIPPINE

TRADITIONAL
MOTIFS AND CRAFTS
(TEXTILE ART)
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this module, the student will be able to:
 a. acquaint students with different Philippine
traditional motifs and crafts;
 b. analyze how line was interpreted and utilized in
traditional crafts;
 c. develop students ability in manipulating the
elements of art.
Plant fiber identification in ancient textiles
 Light microscopy, normal transmission electron microscopy, and
most recently scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are used to
study ancient textile remains to determine what natural fibers
were used to create them. Once textiles are found, the fibers are
teased out using a light microscope and an SEM is used to look
for characteristics in the textile that show what plant it is made
of. In flax, for example, scientists look for longitudinal striations
that show the cells of the plant stem and cross striations and
nodes that are specific to flax fibers. This knowledge helps us to
learn where and when the cultivation of plants that are used in
textiles first occurred, confirming the previous knowledge that
was gained from studying the era in which different textiles are
aligned with from a perspective of design.
Light microscopy Normal transmission electron
microscopy

Scanning electron
microscopy
Future of plants in textile art
 While plant use in textile art is still common today, there are
new innovations being developed, such as Suzanne Lee’s art
installation “BioCouture”. Lee uses fermentation to create a
plant-based paper sheet that can be cut and sewn just like
cloth-ranging in thickness from thin plastic-like materials up
to thick leather-like sheets. The garments are “disposable”
because they are made entirely of plant based products and are
completely biodegradable. Within her project, Lee places a
large emphasis on making the clothing look fashionable by
using avant-garde style and natural dyes made from fruits
because compostable clothing is not appealing to most
shoppers.
In addition, there is a possibility to create designs with the plants
by tearing or cutting the growing sheet and allowing it to heal to
create a pattern made of scars on the textile. The possibilities to
use this textile in art installation is incredible because artists
would have ability to create a living piece, such as Lee does with
her clothing.

Suzanne Lee BioCouture


Biocouture
Biocouture is building an open source ‘bioneer’ community of
material innovators to catalyze an explosion of product
development in this area
 The Innovation
There is a burgeoning global movement of makers and
innovators who want to ‘hack’ materials in the same way we’ve
seen open source software and hardware. Biocouture is building
an open innovation resource to collaboration within the global
biological materials community in order to rapidly advance
innovations never previously imagined. Starting with microbial
cellulose, which can be grown in a bucket and used to create a
wide variety of biodegradable homewares and fashion
accessories. Biocouture will provide recipes, method,
documentation and educational tools to enable widespread use
and knowledge sharing globally. The big idea is to precipitate the
development of many different products according to local
innovation and needs.

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