Introducing The Bayanihan Collection, inspired by kusikus motifs and the woven textile + embroidery traditions of our ancestors.

Kusikus (from Ilocano/Abra binakol weaving) is a geometric whirlwind/whirlpool motif — created through light and dark grids that form an optical illusion believed to repel or confuse harmful spirits.
Sources: Bahay Ugnayan Museum; Narra Studio; Inabel textile documentation.

Other motifs in this collection draw from Filipino weaving traditions like Inabel, Kalinga embroidery, and banig patterns — where grids, diamonds, and florals symbolize community, balance, nature, and ancestral memory.

Sources: Ateneo textile symmetry study; GARPH Journal on Ikalinga embroidery; MSVU thesis on Filipina Bordadoras.

A little offering from my hands, guided by those who came before us.

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