#amplifyartsfest

Bagobo magani After sketching the dioramas at the #AyalaMuseum, I went up to the exhibition called ‘Skeins of Knowledge, Threads of Wisdom‘, which displays traditional textiles from the Mercedes Zobel Collection. My first sketch is of a Bagobo warrior (Magani) with a dance spear and shield (the Bagobo are a tribe from Mindanao). Loincloth, woven hat, gong The second sketch is a mannequin…

Here is the last sketch I did with #UskManila at the #AyalaMuseum Amplify Arts & Music Festival. This one was done in the lobby, in the area behind the devotional altar. In my sketch you can see a Kinabiggat (a king post from an Ifugao house) and the end of a Kulintangan (a gong and drum ensemble from the Sulu and Mindanao islands). In the foreground is the 16th century “Jar with the immortals” –…

Pottery making 6,000 years ago Here are the sketches I did for the #SketchExchange with #UskManila at the Amplify Arts & Music Festival. On the second floor of the #AyalaMuseum they have more than 60 of dioramas, presenting the story of the Filipino people starting in 750,000 BC up to the US recognising Philippine Independence in 1946. The first mass 1521 I just did two quick sketches, one of…