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Filipino weaves meet autumn leaves
We’re happy and proud Ilocanas wearing heritage, history, culture and tradition. Thanking modern Filipinas for creating easy to wear traditional abel fabric designs, helping sustain local weaving...
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Nana Dalen: Sunshine Through the Rain
Indigenous abel weaver Magdalena Gamayo was awarded a Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or National Living Treasures Award in 2012. Torrents of rain poured down from dark skies before we reach her village...
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MODi | Tina
This is so difficult to post. Okay let me start. The cosmetic pouch in playful orange and calming blues and Ilocano binakol put together is named Tina. Tina is the writer of BlauEarth, this blog. It...
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Ria Faust’s Sugarcane S/S 2015
If there’s anything I learned from Sugarcane Toddler, it is the endless possibilities of local textiles. The fabrics that Sugarcane designer Ria Faust uses is an ode to time-honored Filipino...
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OOTD: Filipiniana with a twist
The dress code at the 5th National Tour Guides Convention farewell dinner in Cagayan de Oro read regional dress. A professional tour guide spells more fun in the Philippines, so I opted to wear inabel...
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A Soft Spot for Burbur Abel
As fabrics have gone high tech, towels and blankets have become more sophisticated. Is there room for burbur in today’s homes? Burbur is a type of abel that is loom-woven in Paoay. It resembles bath...
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Preserving the Fading Threads of the Abra Abel
Abra, a former Ilocos town, now among the provinces of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), has a rich texture of social, political and cultural history. Abreños are largely Tingguians and...
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MODi (that little fashion-forward store exuding Ilocano esprit)
Admittedly, there used to be a local shortage of interestingly chic Ilocano stuff to wear or bring home to wherever. Unless customized (which entails a kinda long waiting time inclusive of a trip to...
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Textures: Vigan’s Abel Iloko
After touring Villa Angela and Arce Mansion, we took a tricycle to the city’s loom weaving zone. Sadly, most members of Generation Z do not appreciate the beauty of weaving an abel fabric, to say the...
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Inabel, Heart and Soul of an Ilocana Weaver
Handed down from generation to generation, the art of inabel weaving is a golden thread entwined in the Ilocano culture. Manually woven through a wooden loom, an abel fabric is made up of pure...
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A touch of abel Iluko in my home
The table napkin was made through the process of abel, an Ilocano tradition of weaving. Inabel or abel Iluko is the woven fabric, which is what the Ilocos region is also known for. Colorful inabel...
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