InDYE Hablon Freedom Weaves: Botanical prints and dyes on handwoven hablon textile
The handwoven fabrics speaks of freedom in prison and the mindscapes of women PDL from ‘surviving to thriving’ during the triple lockdown. Handwoven hablon in hand-processed natural dyes and organic prints, hand painted and hand embroidered welcomes you to an age-old tradition of women creativity handed for generations with a contemporary twist. Hablon “sakto” contemporary “istorya sang kasanag sa sulod sang kadulom” employs the methods “soksok-
haboy-soksok-haboy” using symbols or lines as visual narrative in a form of play “tiko-tiko, gumon-gumon, samo-samo, buho-buho, suli-suli, laktaw-laktaw, bitin-bitin, higot-higot, libot-libot and walis,walis”.
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