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Cebu accessories
By 1987, the rest of my family
migrated to Australia (my two older brothers went there in 1981). I
worked for my brother who partly owns a furniture-importing
business. He imported rattan furniture from Cebu. There I
experienced the western-style working environment, the extremely
high-demands of the customers, their expectations, varied tastes,
quality requirements and many others.
With these inputs, I started to have the confidence to design my own
Cebu furniture pieces. I research
a lot and take a good observation in everything around me. I take
inspiration from natural and man-made objects no matter how
unimportant it may seem for others. I believe nature has provided us
with so many examples that we could apply on things that we want to
create. Nature fascinates me. I can describe my designs as montage
of the things that I have seen and/or experienced in the past. I
select elements that I like and put them together in a new piece.
The basic elements are almost all the time the same. Since I had
experienced the very basic steps in furniture making, my designs are
made with maker and user in mind.
For me, a truly well designed object is something that serves its
purpose and accessible by many. Not just limited few. I love to see
my designs being enjoyed by other people and the good response I get
from them. It is such a nice feeling. Normally, in my factory I
spend some of my time taking part in the production process. This
can improve myself and my people to this craft that we have chosen.
We learn new things everyday and want to learn more. We take the
good things from the past and eliminate the bad ones. I think and I
remind my people most of the time, that we can only get respect we
deserve if we are true to ourselves and our craft. Only then, we can
call ourselves proudly, craftsman and craftswoman.
Rattan making here in
Cebu Philippines is taught from
generations to generations. In this
Philippine furniture exhibition,
rattan products are introduced to the buyers. The
Cebu design of these products are
very elegant and extraordinary in which it attracts
Philippine traders and
Cebu organizers. These are some
of the
Cebu accessories that the
Cebu exhibition how to the
international buyers.
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