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On Courage, Creativity and Completing 100 Embroideries

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On Oct 31st, I completed my 100th embroidery as a sweet ending to my 100 Day Project this year! I've been joining this creative challenge for five years now (but only four projects in total because one took almost two years to complete!) and every year has been such a big learning experience for me, helping me grow in courage, skill and creativity. It has definitely become a highlight of my year. It is never easy. I get lazy sometimes and I always reach a point when I question myself why I'm even putting myself through it. But no matter how long it takes (because I always go way beyond Read More

Art Fair 2019

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I only had a couple of hours to spend at Art Fair PH this year. It definitely wasn't enough time to take in everything but I'm still glad I was able to go and have a good experience from it. Grid #3, Grid #1 by Gina Osterloh Here are my favorites from this year's exhibits, dividing them into several categories that specifically speak to me. TEXTURE Texture, color, geometry, nuance -- there are many little details that pop out to me. I made sure to capture them all somehow. COLLAGE I am pleased to see many pieces created out of found objects and mixed media this Read More

Instax & Crafts: Felt Mistletoe

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There are many stories and versions of how "kissing under the mistletoe" came to be. One of the more popular ones is how it was considered to be a symbol of good luck, friendship and love in Norse mythology which eventually developed into this custom familiar to us all. While I don't particularly subscribe to that custom (kiss under the mistletoe or have bad luck befall you), I do like having meaningful decor that are fun to make. So I came up with this super easy, inexpensive, no-sew felt mistletoe project that doubles as an Instax display, which you can make at home in a blitz if you'd Read More

Who to Bring to a Battle

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I spent the last week working with this talented group of artists as they built their respective installations celebrating the culture of basketball in the Nike Battleforce Art Battle. I'd like to take a moment to talk about how these guys were selected for the project. When choosing the right group of artists to participate, I looked for a couple things. First is personality. What I was looking for specifically was characters that would interact well with one another. It's much like a good game of 3 on 3 street ball: what you want is guys who are fun to be around, but also can Read More

All The Different Things I Bleed

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Despite of the short time I had left to work on my part in this piece (because crammer!) and suddenly deciding to change some things about it at the last minute, I very much enjoyed this project. I'm thrilled to share it with you!   Let me quote Kayo's write-up about it on his Instagram post: This mixed media piece is the Carlos + Veronica contribution to Hidden Space's Halloween group show, "All Hallow Tide." Nica came up with the concept of working through collage, which is an ongoing theme in her work through 2018. We combined my current exploration with pens, typography, Read More

Collage Day!

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Last week, I had the privilege of putting together a collage day at Kendo entitled PAPEL AT PANDIKIT. It was an opportunity for me to showcase the 100 Tiny Collages I am pretty proud to have completed, and also share the joy of collage making by holding a small workshop, and inviting a bunch of other artists to display their work. It turned out to be a really fun afternoon! The festivities began with a capsule workshop on collage making. Six participants plus a few other artists joined in the paper crafting. After a short intro on the "what, whys and hows" of collaging, the goal was for them Read More

Papel at Pandikit: 100 Tiny Collages

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I finally completed my 100 Day Project for this year and I enjoyed it so much that it makes me a little sad to end it. Like what I've mentioned many times before, I like playing along this activity because it pulls me out of my comfort zone and gives me an opportunity to creatively express myself. 100 Tiny Collages did just that and more. I never thought I'd be able to bring to surface so many thoughts and ideas in my head through it. It turned out be way more than just cutting up magazines and gluing pictures together. It was introspective, revelatory as well as comforting. Most of the Read More

Micro Scrapbooking with the Pioneer DIY Planner

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One of my favorite things to do to unwind is memory keeping. I enjoy taking stock of things we've done as a family, places we've been to, our learning experiences and milestones. While I can't keep track of every single moment, I do my best to document what I can -- things I know my kids and I would love to remember a few years from now. I get a lot of questions from friends and online followers about how I'm able to religiously scrapbook and document family memories when I already have my hands full with responsibilities at home. I always say that it's something you choose to work for Read More

Every Detail Counts: An Afternoon at Heleyna

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"Who are the people in your neighborhood, in your neighborhood..." is the song that comes to mind when the girls and I go on our little studio visits. In our own way, we are trying to learn about the different things that the people in our circle and community do to contribute beauty to others and help improve people's lives. The most recent studio trip we took was just dreamy. It was at Heleyna Bridal owned and run by the talented Janina Saspa. We met Janina at Kendo and she had, at one time or another, become playmates with the girls and I simply adore her work which I follow on Read More

Riso Printing with Bad Student

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I often conduct workshops but very rarely do I get to be a participant these days. So I was really happy to have joined Bad Student's Risograph Workshop a few weeks back! Bad Student, founded by talented young local artists Pau Tiu and Dyam Gonzales, is the only art studio in the Philippines that provide full color Risograph services. It was a fun and interesting afternoon learning about the perks and indiosyncracies of said copy machine. In case you're not familiar, a Risograph is a high-volume copier released in the mid-eighties that uses real ink (unlike laser copiers or Xerox machines Read More