Tags: Entrepreneurship, Handicrafts
By Nikka Garriga
ILOILO CITY, ILOILO – Snake bones, clamps of crustaceans, shells and stones. While people would most often discard or pay no attention to these items, Winnie Varquez turns them into unique tribal accessories.
Winnie sells her creations under the brand Panubli Arts and Crafts.
Some of the materials Winnie use come from indigenous tribes in Iloilo, who stumble upon items like lizard tooth, snake bones and coconut shells when hunting in the forest.
“Instead of throwing them away, we ask the tribesmen if we can use them for our art pieces,” he says.
Eventually, Winnie and co-owner Gina Apostol conducted workshops with the tribes on handcrafting these into accessories.
“Not only does it provide them a source of livelihood but it also highlights their culture,” Winnie says.
Besides indigenous people, they also reach out and teach visual arts and crafts to communities of persons with disabilities and street children. “Some of the products we sell have been handmade by those we’ve trained,” she adds.
Frequent buyers of their products include foreigners who buy in bulk and resell them abroad.
Get more information on Panubli Arts and Crafts
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