Jovy Pearl L. Pablico
Good Day! I'm Jovy Pearl, 20 years old. A 3rd-year Non-Stem student of Bachelor of Science Major in Food Technology. I have many hobbies, including Drawing and Painting. I love to eat foods except for Seafood because of my allergy. And a fanatic of K-pop, specifically as a BTS -ARMY.
My Work
Pabalat
Pabalat is a form of papercutting originating in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines. It involves making intricate papercut designs from wrappers used in pastillas, usually papel de hapon or japanese paper. Among the well-known practitioners of the craft are Luz and Naty Ocampo.
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To be able to work with this, you should have a lot of patience, Sharp cuticle scissor and flexibility of hand and fingers. Upon working on it I was really struggling because of my hands all sweaty and that is why the paper can easily break. Still because of patience I was able to finish it with a proud smile.
Pattern Tracing
Pattern Cutting
Finished Craft
Pabalat: Sampaguita
This pattern I made for the Pabalat own version is based on the flower Sampaguita since it is the National Flower of the Philippines. This pattern is easy to prepare and cut out. From the experience with the previous pabalat cutting, I learned that considering the size of the pattern and the complexity of its design is what makes it hard to prepare, so I did a simple and big pattern, and never forget that compatible scissors should be used.
Pattern Making
Finished Craft
Pattern Cutting
Pattern Tracing
Subang Earrings
Subang is a type of jewerly first made by Agta people here in the Philippines. This is also created with different colorful yarns and it is easy to make.
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The Experience in making Subang is quite fascinating since I can create my own design and can choose the color I want. It is fun to create this kind of craft and would like to create more different designs using different colors of yarns.
Paper Quilling
Quilling is the art of rolling narrow strips of paper into coils or scrolls, and arranging them to form elegant filigree. In this project, you'll learn how to use a toothpick to roll coils and scrolls, then pinch, shape, and arrange them into decorative patterns. White or colored paper can be used, even pieces of brightly colored junk mail work well. Quilling can be done with simple tools and supplies, and will get beautiful results.
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While creating my own Paper Quilling, I experience a lot of thrill and patience as to making equal arrangement of the coils but then again I just trust the process and it amaze me on how beautiful it was after making it with lot of efforts.
Pasting the Rolled Colored Paper Strips on the Cardboard
Pattern Making
Final Craft
Cutting Colored
Paper Strips
Solihiya
Created by weaving thin strips of rattan by hand into a starburst pattern, usually with a wooden frame. This style of weaving has been woven by our local weavers since the 19th century and was used mostly in traditional Philippine furniture.
The experience of making this solihiya weaving is quite challenging in terms of patience and minding my hands from splinters while weaving. I can say that making this is not really easy but I am satisfied with my outcome product.
Attaching pairs of
Rattan Strips Vertically
Weave Pairs of
Rattan Strips Horizontally
Weave Slanting Pairs of
Rattan Strips
Secure all Weave by Gun
tacker and/or with Hammer
Final Craft
Batok & Wasay
Batok is an old form of tattoo art that originated at Tinglayan, Buscalan where Apo Whang Od is one of the female members of their tribe "Butbut" who create and get tattoos on themselves at their right ages as it symbolizes beauty in appearance and until now it is still taught and passed to their new generation.
Meanwhile, Wasay is also an antique tool of the tribe's blacksmiths who created this from "pagpapanday" and handcrafted "neto" to sell that started around 1955 and this tool was used for hunting and slaughtering animals.
This Form of crafts we are able to learn is really fascinating and interesting to learn not only how to make it but to understand also the stories behind each craft. This reflects us that Filipinos has great artistic minds and which we should be proud of and appreciate to enrich our own beautiful culture.
