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Bamboo Organ - oil on canvas 24" x 32" by JBulaong 2015

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ladies bags made from local indigenous materials. yup they are souvenirs and they are for everyday use too, practical souvenirs

Feels like I'm running out of photos, :-)

Such a bad day, just lost the diamond earring I bought last week.... Have to track back where I passed and checked every glittering particle I see in the road and proved that "not all that glitters" is diamond They were mostly debris from broken glasses or something. -(

 

bags made from local indigenous materials. yup they are souvenirs and they are for everyday use too, practical souvenirs

ladies bags made from local indigenous materials. yup they are souvenirs and they are for everyday use too, practical souvenirs

Natural buri white with bacbac strip accent. (Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines)

The usefulness of the Bicol mats as an item of domestic necessity is evident in its presence in market place (palengke) stalls. (Sorsogon City, Philippines)

Freshly harvested karagumoy leaves sans the thorns rest in the shoulders of a local farmer for his family's hat weaving tasks. Women in the village can weave while walking or talking as shown by this local weaver along the farm patch path doing some final touches to a common hat. (Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines)

Like a Burberry inspired natural mat that can function as a plain sleeping mat or a wall panel. (Bicol, Philippines)

Sparse use of colored karagumoy strips for a more natural appeal can be observed in most of the Bacon mats. (Sorsogon City, Philippines)

Environmental friendly from the sustainable harvesting of the indigenous material to the weaving process in which a sharp knife is practically the only tool needed from start to finish.

 

Bulusan, Sorsogon Philippines

Beach bags in Bulusan souvenir shops could be a standout even in high-end resorts.

(Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines)

The bottom and the top body of the fish trap are ready to be attached permanently with a larger piece of 'gaot' also made of bamban.

    

Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines

A natural white buri weave provides a backdrop for the nito checkered design accent. Jet black nito stands out with the white of buri. Buri is a palm while nito is a vine. All indigenous to the Philippines. (Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippies)

detail of a rattan-made hammock

Bacon and Tabaco mats stand side by side along a major street in Sorsogon City finding some space to stand on. Both are made from a local Bicol pandan called karagumoy. (Sorsogon City, Philippines)

Gusap phase or the trimming off the excess strips after weaving. (Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines)

Bulusan Buri Palm Weave works (Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines)

 

Three tone-buri strips, natural, smoked and sun dried mixed with mint green dyed buri strips woven to create a natural textured beauty as interpreted by a local artisan.

 

Accented with native flower design this karagumoy banig weave evokes rural simplicity. (Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines)

Durable hot pan mat made of bacbac or the dried outer stem of abaca from a souvenir shop in Gubat, Sorsogon.

   

Gubat, Sorsogon, Philippines

Natural envelope from Bulusan is made from karagumoy, handwoven by local artisans that supply souvenir shops with assorted novelty items from indigenous materials. (bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines)

a tricycle, a motorbike with a side car or side car full of native products from indigenous materials. this was taken in Northern Luzon, going to Ilocos, Philippines

The symmetry and the pattern of even a simple karagumoy hat after weaving is like a mandala that evokes calmness and order. (Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines)

The white of the buri is attained by the tested traditional method of using azupre smoke (sulfur). This prevents the buri strips from developing black spots. (Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines)

Inverted kalo symmetry forms an impressive pattern even for this karagumoy natural plate. (Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines)

Like at first sight. There was nothing mysterious in the site of the bamban patch. All I could see were underbrushes comprising mostly of assorted tropical plants that include this bamban clump growing lushly under the shade of pilinut and coconut trees.

  

Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines