A gold-plated pendant set against agsam fern weavings
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Eduardo has devoted his life to the creation of both ecclesiastical objects - such as retablos or altar pieces, candelabras - as well as home decor.
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At Manila FAME October 2018, the artist parlayed his skills for a limited edition jewelry line that recalls particular moments in the histories of Pampanga, where Eduardo was born and raised, and Surigao, where Agsam Fern Fashion Accessories is based.
A bib necklace made from agsam fern and
gold-plated pendants
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Surigao’s indigenous weavers created their own pendants using dried agsam ferns, a plant native to the province.
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The components were then assembled into necklaces to create a dramatic contrast between Eduardo’s gleaming metal plates and the rustic agsam fern pieces.
Agsam Fern Fashion Accessories’
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Signature look features the agsam weavings which are combined with other natural materials.
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The collaborative series is an ambitious undertaking that unites the diverse influences that helped shape the Philippines’ cultural identity. It is also a reminder of a great past that we don’t know much about, immortalized in metal and the humble agsam fern.
Pukpok of the Crucifix
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Filipinos were introduced to Catholic iconography through religious and sacramental images such as wood-carved saints, the sequence of via crucis and print engravings.
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Filipinos were introduced to Catholic iconography through religious and sacramental images such as wood-carved saints, the sequence of via crucis and print engravings.
"Candelabra” metal piece
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Mr. Mutuc thru Tesoro commissioned a crucifix in Spanish colonial-era style in 2010. This is a church figurine as: Decorative, devotion, and faithful.
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The cross is made of wood and brass. The piece is transitional, the metal "swag” could be removed and the cross itself can be taken out of the base for wall hanging.
Retablo
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A retablo is a devotional painting, especially a small popular or folk art one using iconography derived from traditional Catholic church art. More generally retablo is also the Spanish term for a retable or reredos above an altar, whether a large altarpiece painting or an elaborate wooden structure with sculptures.
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Aside from being found behind the altar, "similar ornamental structures are built and carved over facades and doorways", called overdoors.
