Category Archives: Art
Interview: Bathala Project
Cass, my blogging partner over at PinoyTattoos.com interviews David Lazaro, a Baybayin artist based in Los Angeles, California. Look out for another interview next week.
Baybayin art the iPhone
Along with Baybayin, technology is a passion of mine. Thanks to the iPhone, I’m able to do both. Here’s a video of some the better painting applications I use to write Baybayin. While there are a lot of paint iPhone apps, there are the best.
If you like this, you might want to check out the Baybayin tutorial iPhone app. It only costs $0.99 and having a conversation with the programmer, the next release will have some great features.
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Malaya Designs
My partner in crime from Malaya Designs just relaunched his website. When I just heard of the script, he was already doing his thing.
We have a booth at the 5th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration right in front of the Asian Art Museumn
Larkin Street near McAllister. Take Bart and get off at Civic Center
Date:
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Time:
11:00am – 6:00pm
Location:
Asian Art Museum
Street:
200 Larkin st
City/Town:
San Francisco, CA
Check out the Faceboook Event page
Malaya (ma-la-ya) adj; 1 free 2 not in someone else’s power 3 not controlled or enslaved by another 4 free from the influence of others 5 free to speak one’s mind 6 a free people.
About Malaya Designs: The First and Original
A Baybayin practitioner since 1994, Malaya Designs was established in 1997 in the San Francisco Bay Area, to celebrate the richness of our heritage. The first and original company anywhere to offer; custom, handmade wearable art made of wood or bamboo. Through our art we aspire to promote, propagate, and educate in the discovery of a rich culture that is Filipino.
Philippine memories in Baybayin
I usually try to sleep on the train on the way to work but for some reason, I couldn’t. I decided to work on a client sketch of Pampanga. While writing it, I remembered the last time I was there. After that, I started to remember the various cities/provinces I visited/hung out/lived while in the Philippines. Good times
Cavite had narrow roads and a beach that had sharp pebbles instead of sand.
Baybayin Graffiti
Some graffiti style Baybayin from David Lazaro.
Interview: Suku, New Sun Artistry
Christian Cabuay
How and when did get started with Baybayin?
Christine Balza
My father was in the US AirForce, we had been stationed at Clark AFB in 1976-79 where I attended Lily Hill Jr High on the base. We studied Filipino Culture and aside from the general information we were introduced to ancient history. Including a brief description on our ancient script, Baybayin. Over the years I had glimspes of it on tattoos that family and friends proudly adorned. I carried a print out of the script and a deep curiousity of how it worked. With the internet I had been able to teach myself the basics.
Mixing Baybayin with my crafts… I made my sister a pendant for Mother’s Day(which said “Ina”)and it caught the eye of one of the tshirt vendors at a street fair and I followed my heart…
Bebe Gandanghari in Baybayin
Most of my Baybayin work is masculine with broad black strokes. Here’s a girly style using sweet little hearts as kudlits.
Baybayin drip style
Didn’t know what to write….ewan ko
Kristian Kabuay 