FACES OF CEBU: James Gabriel Geverola Mamalias, 30, Capiz shell furniture artisan

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 12/18/2022

  CEBU, Philippines — Preserving and protecting traditional crafts these days is a growing challenge. But James Gabriel Geverola Mamalias, 30, from Argao, Cebu, continues to live his passion of paying homage to the past. Creating more opportunities…

Malabuyoc baker’s artisan bread with portraits goes online

Immae Lachica 08/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Have you ever seen an artisan bread with a picture on it? Yes, you read that right, a bread with portraits of people. Marlo Lidot, 29, from Malabuyoc town in southwestern Cebu turned to…

An artisan basic bread class at ICAAC

Aissa A. Dela Cruz 03/09/2018

Baking bread the artisanal way or old-fashioned method by hand gives more flavor and texture. BREAD is one of the oldest prepared foods and is usually made from dough of wheat-flour and water that is cultured with…

The Serpent and I

Clint Holton Potestas 07/13/2016

IT MUST’VE been strangled to death in my past life,” laughs Janice Leung while reaching for the Cobra necklace resting on a velvet pad inside the clear glass cabinet. She unclasps its lock, tries it on her…

MARIEBELLE: Artisan chocolatier of New York

Aissa A. Dela Cruz 06/11/2016

“Life is all about pleasure and happiness we find in food, art and beauty.” -Maribel Liebermann BEFORE I flew to New York a fortnight ago, New York fashion stylist Marlon Covera, who was briefly visiting, joined me…

Unbearable beauty of the bare and the basic

Ram Alcoseba-Martinez, Ronald P. Villavez 05/21/2016

OUR recent Japan trip at the beginning of spring this year was more than just a weeklong R&R and sightseeing. It was a spiritual quest. Any artist somehow, at a certain point in his creative life, is…

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