HUBIN Magazine No.1 2013 | Page 174

faye aleya abantao Faye Aleya Abantao is a creative bubble at heart. She started creating her artwork at a young age, always dealing with detail oriented projects, she started tinkering with tools at the age of 8 years old and this hobby eventually led her to experiment with the craft of paper folding and origami. When she approached high school, she took interest in photography and graphic design, specifically with pop art and lomography. She then decided to take fine arts as her degree, majoring in advertising arts. She currently is investing her time with various art installations such as pop- ups, photography projects and honing her skills in the media arts with her current apprenticeship at abs- cbn as part of the production crew of the various television programs and specials that the local station has to offer. With the likes of local artists such as Dingding Hearts, travel enthusiast Robx Bautista and photographer Nicholai Go. Their artworks and brilliant ideas becomes her inspiration in the creation of her new art. What also attracts her with these artists is the fact that they started building their careers through humble beginnings and their struggles towards excellence. 169 HUBIN MAGAZINE