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Our Inspiration

Each product is handmade, reflecting a devotion to integrating natural elements and traditional materials into a modern setting with focus on loose, uneven forms such as wood, abaca, pandan, buti, tikog, coconut coir and shell, seashells, clay, raffia and water hyancinth. The products are authentic, natural, almost rustic, allowing overseas buyers to discover the Philippines through a spectrum of diverse textures, colors, patterns and exciting materials. To be inspired by the indigenous is to be inspired by the global.
 

It is easy to see that this exhibit tells the story of the people of the Philippines. The objects you see here narrate the country’s ideas of beauty and the desires of its people. All artisans look outwards to nature’s dialogue, a philosophy familiar with the Japanese people, whose daily lives are instructed by the Earth’s beauty.
 

Having thus been inspired, the artisans gaze inwards to what their hearts say. From the fusion of the two, they create. That indigenous design mirrors each other across the world regardless of the nature that surrounds the people who create them, speaks volumes about how humans are essentially the same inside, where it counts.