ShareToday began what could possibly be another great love affair… Clay + me = mudhappy! Day1 of Basic handbuilding for Beginners. Can’t wait to get on the wheel and make my own handmade pitchers and vases and pots! * * * For the next few weeks (possibly more!), I’ll be under [...]
ShareReally enjoyed these green lamps at the recent 10a Alabama Art Fair: They’re literally green, they’re upcycled from old bottles, and they make use of use candles! Made by hand by Christine Bantilan, who sells them for P350 each. Other variations are desk lamps made of ashtrays, and bottle bottoms as candleholders: If you wish [...]
ShareApart from being a beloved venue for Handmade Art Fairs in Quezon City, 10A Alabama is home to Resurrection Furniture and Found Object Gallery, where Leah Sanchez and Binggoy Panlilio play, play, play with old furniture and odd pieces that they bring back from the dead: Well worth a visit for any green enthusiast. I’ve [...]
ShareGreen art and lots of handmade love at the 5th art fair last weekend, December 10-11, 2011: 10A Alabama is a home in more ways than one, and the Art fair is always, always a great time to slow down and reconnect with kindred spirits: The Alabama community has grown in heaps and bounds since [...]
ShareOur happy find yesterday: Beautiful tiles in such fun, fun patterns and colors! I’ve long been a fan of these “painted” tiles– which I mistakenly thought of as Vigan tiles– and first re-encountered them in a boutique shop in Cambodia last March 2011: My friends and I fell in love with that place (we put [...]
ShareIf you like handmade art, green art, and anything made with love, save the date: Oct 22-23, Sat-Sun. 10A Alabama has a great, open vibe– it’s an old house now used as a creative space. I’ll be selling montalut doodle art along with about 30 other artists, woohoo. Hope to see you there! happy Friday [...]
ShareI went around galleries yesterday for inspiration on pricing my works for the indie art fair I’m joining this weekend, but ended up buying a painting! Halaaaaa! She just looked so happy, radiant even. And I felt the motherly energy of the woman behind it, Norma Belleza (found out later she’s 75 years old–and still [...]
ShareGreat initiative from VP Binay, the MMDA, and Boysen Paints: The Everyone Deserves Safe Air (EDSA) Project. Image by Danny Pata of gmanewstv Curated by a team led by no less than Marian Pastor Roces, a lovely vivacious woman I first heard speak during a discussion on Usbong, the Philippine Pavilion that won a [...]
I am Johanna -- an artist, professional real estate broker and new resident of Nuvali.
Follow my adventures in My Nuvali Home as I find beauty in this new eco-city south of Manila, build my dream green home, and transition towards everyday green living in the Philippines.
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