Philippine Native Trees Modern Filipiniana Collection | EN Barong Filipino

Philippine Native Trees Modern Filipiniana Collection | EN Barong Filipino

Philippine Native Trees Modern Filipiniana Collection | EN Barong Filipino

Philippine Forest Blooms Native Trees Terno Collection Illustrations for EN Barong Filipino
Philippine Forest Blooms Native Trees Modern Filipiniana Collection Illustrations for EN Barong Filipino
Philippine Forest Blooms Native Trees Modern Filipiniana Collection Illustrations for EN Barong Filipino
Philippine Forest Blooms Native Trees Modern Filipiniana Collection Illustrations for EN Barong Filipino
Philippine Forest Blooms Native Trees Modern Filipiniana Collection Illustrations for EN Barong Filipino

Known for their handmade Barong Tagalog, EN Barong Filipino (ENBF) had been planning to launch a Modern Filipiniana collection featuring Philippine native trees as these are championed by their Chairwoman and Founder, Tita Fely, a passionate advocate for heritage conservation.

ENBF’s longtime collaborators Trina and Ruben Flores of Rubbertree Design Studio reached out to me, and it was an instant yes. I was of course thrilled to contribute illustrations for this meaningful project, and as a fan of Trina & Ruben’s Bags by Rubbertree line, I was excited to work with them and see my illustrations translated onto traditional Filipino clothing.

The collection features six unique terno silhouettes, each adorned with a different native tree flower: Katmon, Banaba, Ilang-ilang, Malabulak, Salinggogon, and Tayabak (Jade Vine). Trina and Ruben handled surface design, while Mr. Santingan of ENBF skillfully transformed my vector illustrations into beautiful embroidery, resulting in these stunning creations.

Philippine Forest Blooms Native Trees Modern Filipiniana Collection Illustrations for EN Barong Filipino

The ternos are available through the Philippine Forest Blooms portal on ENBF’s website and at Kultura outlets in SM Department Stores nationwide.

* I post most frequently on Instagram, so for a sneak peek at the latest projects (that might take a while to land here), feel free to follow along there! 😉

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Philippine Forest Blooms Jewelry Collection

Philippine Forest Blooms Jewelry Collection

Philippine Forest Blooms Jewelry Collection: A Collaboration with Blue Flame Handcrafted

#ForestBloomsPh Jewelry Collection
Philippine Native Trees Jewelry Collection
Philippine Native Trees Jewelry Collection
Philippine Native Trees Jewelry Collection
Philippine Native Trees Jewelry Collection
Philippine Native Trees Jewelry Collection
Philippine Native Trees Jewelry Collection
Philippine Native Trees Jewelry Collection
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The Philippine Forest Blooms Jewelry Collection is a project with metalsmith Janette de Veyra of Blue Flame Handcrafted . For this collaboration, I made vector graphic illustrations of flowers from Philippine native trees such as Banaba, Katmon, Ilang-Ilang, Malabulak, and Siar which Janette etched on brass jewelry. Each delicate piece is made by hand from start to finish and due to this meticulous process, we could only release a few pieces for each design for the initial batch, with no piece looking exactly alike.

The initial batch composed of 33 pieces was produced through Forest Foundation Philippines‘ support and got sold in just two days. We were then able to quickly transmit 50% of the proceeds from this batch ~ which amounted to P25,000 ~ to Philippine Parks & Biodiversity‘s Support-a-Ranger Program to aid the operations and patrolling of underequipped Ipo Watershed forest guards (read more about the program and also donate to the guards directly here.)

* #ForestBloomsPh Jewelry can be pre-ordered through this Google Form. This collection was initially produced under the #DrawNativeTreesPh initiative. A portion of our proceeds will go to the production of more items that can help spread the advocacy. 

* All photos on this page are courtesy of Blue Flame Handcrafted.

* I post most frequently on Instagram, so for a sneak peek at the latest projects (that might take a while to land here), feel free to follow along there! 😉

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