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.
Asian Heritage Street Celebration wrap-up
The 5th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration was yesterday in downtown San Francisco. I had a booth along with Malaya Designs. It was our 1st non-Filipino event. I’d have to say that the reaction was comparable to Pistahan at Yerba Buena last year. As always, we did free name translations on stickers for everyone. Although people didn’t really buy much, it was great to meet people who “know me” online. I also spotted my work on an ankle. Oh yeah, thanks to Christine from Suku Art for the impromptu CBS interview.
"Alibata" iPhone app
Gaston Santiago released the 1st Alibata (Baybayin) iPhone app now available on the app store (will launch iTunes) for $.99. Basically you click on the Baybayin glyph on the right and it shows you the Roman equivalent. Pretty simple and easy to use.
SA
Baybayin Barrelman
No, I didn’t burn anything else 🙂
Event: Asian Heritage Street Celebration 5/16
Asian Heritage Street Celebration
San Francisco
5/16/09Â Saturday
11AM-6PM
asianfairsf.com
I have a booth with Malaya Designs. Drop by for FREE name translations and other goodies.
Check out my past events
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.
Baybayin on bamboo
I initially tried to carve the script into the bamboo as our ancestors did. It didn’t work because I didn’t have a dagger. Instead, I used a wood burner. The script reads Tuloy ang laban..
Baybayin conversations
I had my 1st of a series of Baybayin conversations at JJClothing in Milpitas, CA. I did about 60 translations (free of course). It was fun meeting people and teaching the basics of the script. I estimate about 80% of the visitors didn’t know about it and 20% knew it as Alibata. I think about 1 out of 10 people I did translations for where truly interested in the script. I printed about 150 worksheets and only about a dozen were picked up. I’ll be back there next month. Subscribe to the blog to keep updated or at Twitter.com/Baybayin.
Richard Gali of BarkadaInc.com
Kristian Kabuay 