Filipiniana Craftsmans Pawikan

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The beloved Pawikan is a Philippine treasure. It represents the richness of our heritage as a bio diverse nation replete with marine life. It also symbolizes the return to our roots as Filipinos, in the same way that the pawikan always returns to its birthplace to nest and hatch its babies, from generation to generation. Pawikan is in honor of Turtle Beach in La Union, from where some of the materials for this bag are also sourced.

Materials are made out of cowhide leather, thick canvas one of the few existing weaving factories in the Philippines and hand woven fabrics from the Ilocos region. We carefully chose several weaves like the Sinukitan, Binakol and Kundiman. Our veteran embroiderers from Bulacan put all the pieces of design together using applique technique with a hand- guided embroidery machine.