00:00It actually has seven functions. One of which, ito yung pinaka-obvious, is the weaving, training, and technical support, which we are actually already doing through our textile academy.
00:13Ito po yung training sa basic at saka advanced handloom weaving, even the digital loom designing, even digitizing, etc. etc.
00:21So this is part of our portfolio of activities as far as skills development is concerned.
00:29Natatapos ba doon? Hindi. Because we move to the second function, which is weave design, innovation, and product development.
00:36Of course, kasama natin yung traditional patterns, but then there must be a new way of going over these things.
00:42Thus, our way of using up-to-date technologies to be able to develop new weaves and to be able to perfect them for specific applications.
00:51Actually, ang pinagtatawanan namin po dito is, nakakatawa minsan na yung bag mo, nabili para ng isa, yun yung damit niya.
00:59O di kaya, yung cobre kami, pila palang ginapit siyang throw pillow, ginapit din siyang damit.
01:05So, there are a lot of things that has to be understood on all these textiles para huwag natin ipilit yung hindi naman po pwede.
01:11Ibig sabihin, if it's meant for clothing, then it is meant for clothing. It has a set of standards.
01:17Which leads me to the third, quality assurance or quality assessment and standards development.
01:22There are different fabrics that are expected for different applications.
01:26Huwag natin silang pagsamasamahin.
01:28Kaya yun yung pa nagtataka, bakit ang tikas-tigas?
01:30Eh kasi po, cobre ka mapuian, hindi naman po yung pagdamit.
01:34O di kaya, ginamit mo siyang fest, eh, hindi naman parang dyan, pang lampshade naman pala siya.
01:39So, these are things by which we have to work closely with our stakeholders as well
01:45because it has gone beyond science.
01:47It already goes into consumer behavior and consumerism as a whole.
01:52So, part 3 po ng standards na to is a collaboration with the Department of Training Industry
01:57because we are part of the Technical Committee 18 on Textiles.
02:02By the way, we just have revived this Technical Committee
02:04and we are happy to also let you know that the first subcommittee under test TC18
02:10is the subcommittee at Handlung Weaving,
02:12which will mean that we have a committee looking at the standards and specification for our textiles.
02:19The fourth of the functions of this Handlung Weaving Center is Weave Machine Engineering
02:24or Weaving Machine Engineering.
02:26Hindi lang po tayo gumagawa or nagwi-weave or nagdi-design.
02:28We even make the loops appropriate for the different communities.
02:32As a matter of fact, may mga community tayo, makikita niyo po mamaya,
02:36ayaw nila yung sinulit kung nasa baba, gusto nila nasa taas, fine.
02:40This is where the engineering comes in.
02:42Yung mga implements, things that you need to repair the loops, for example,
02:47you'll see later on at preempt some of the more advanced ways
02:51by which we can actually make shuttles or make implements for our weaving machines.
02:57And, oh, na yung sinulit ko.
02:59And the fourth, the fifth na ko.
03:01The fifth is the Philippine Handlung Weaving Festival.
03:06So it's a take-off.
03:07I don't know if it conforms with the one you're seeing in the slide,
03:12but the Philippine Handlung Weaving Festival is a take-off
03:17from the Handlung Weaving Conference that we've been holding regularly.
03:20The difference of this festival is
03:23hindi gobyerno or hindi ta kami ang nagsasalita.
03:27Ang nagsasalita are the weavers.
03:29We have to listen to them
03:30because I think they know better in Handlung Weaving than we do.
03:34We listen to them because they are also the source of further innovations
03:37as far as the loom, weaving, etc.
03:39And, oh, na yung sinulit ko, na yung sinulit ko, na yung sinulit ko.
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