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BUNTAL

Buntal is a fiber manually extracted from leaf stalks of the tropical BURI PALM, a tall palm tree with large fan shaped leaves. Because of the painstaking process involved in extracting, processing and weaving of Buntal, it is one of the most expensive hand woven fibers in the Philippines.

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SABUTAN

Pandanus sabutan is a screw pine plant 2-4 m high. Its full-grown leaves are fine in texture, 2 m long and 6 cm wide. It rarely produces flowers and has not yet been found to bear fruit. Sabutan grows abundantly in a semi-wild condition and propagated by suckers, and its cultivation can be extended advantageously to any part of the Philippines having moist but well-drained soil.

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ABACA

Abaca is a burlap-styled textile made of sturdy banana tree fibers that are milled from Abaca plants (Musa Textilis). In the Philippines, Abaca is also referred to as “Manila Hemp”, a long-lasting fabric with many different uses.

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TINALAK

Tinalak is a tradional cloth found in the southern part of the Philippines (South Cotabato,Mindanao) woven by the Tiboli women tribe. This traditional cloth is hand woven, made of Abaca fibers which tradionally has 3 primary colors, i.e., red, black and the original color of the abaca leaves. The colorant of the material are naturally dye boiled in with bark, roots and leaves of plants. It is a heritage and belief that the intricate and creative patterns of the Tinalak is an interpretation of their dreams and made into the work. The women cannot create a design of the Tinalak if they have not dreamed of it. This is why it is called “woven dream”.

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FISH SKIN

Before fish leather became popular, the skin of fishes processed by fisheries was considered a mere by-product of the edible fish industry and as a result was often dumped back into the sea with a potential to pollute surrounding waters. This is why fish leather is considered an environmentally friendly, eco material as less of the fish is wasted and it can start to replace bovine leather usage. None of our fish leather is derived from endangered species and the fish skin we use is Carp – Common Carp (Cyprynus Carassius).

Where nature meets fashion .............