1655 – Rice gods, Shambala Silang

Image | March 5, 2021 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

Last Sunday for our anniversary we went to a little place out of town called Shambala. They describe themselves on their website as a ‘living museum of arts, culture and heritage’ – they have some lovely terraced gardens, lots of reconstructed Ifugao traditional houses, a gallery and a restaurant (serving vegetarian food as well!). This sketch was done in the gallery – these are original wooden carvings of the rice god (Bulul), some of which were columns from houses.

Sun-28-Feb-2021

1061 – Relaxing at the spa

Image | April 8, 2019 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

On Sunday we went to a spa resort in Antipolo called Luljetta’s Hanging Gardens – we sat around in infinity pools, a sauna and a jacuzzi, then overate at a Japanese restaurant on the way home…an excellent way to spend a Sunday. This little statuette is a Bulul – a carved wooden figure the Ifugao people of Northern Luzon use to guard rice crops. These days the figures are churned out en masse for tourists (and spa resorts too I guess).

Sun-7-Apr-2019