Awesome People
WHO MADE THIS ISSUE POSSIBLE
Greg Mayo is a professional
photographer who specializes in
architecture and interiors, food and
product photography. He loves to
travel, is an avid collector of vinyl
records and a big fan of math rock.
Patricia Herbolario is currently
working as a content manager for
multiple brands. Pat is looking to
adopt a British Scottish Fold with
her British partner, Tom. She is
still shopping in thrift shops and is
committed to her skincare routine.
Handmade creation you’re
proudest of? A Lego castle that looks
more dope than Elsa’s ice castle.
Kara Gonzales has been advocating
mental health awareness ever since
she was diagnosed with clinical
depression and anxiety in 2016. She
has been quite successful in managing
her condition with the combination
of medication, art, yoga, tattooing
and occasionally writing for Kanto.
Handmade creation you’re
proudest of? One of the self-portraits
from my exhibit last 2017.
Black Wing is a small concept
brand-workshop which experiments
on various aspects of the shoe
making industry. From reviving the
custom made mid-range pricing to
experimenting with handcrafted
shoe construction methods, we
strive to discover and recover the
art of shoe making with the spirit of
discovery and passion to find new
ways in adapting shoe-making to our
conditions here in Marikina.
Marcus Alianza is a Makati
codemonkey on weekdays who’s
trying to get back on the wagon
called work-life balance by dabbling
on things he usually doesn’t do, like
writing articles and doing all kinds of
photography and being the hooman of
a half-Siamese, half-bitch hell cat.
Jezzel Wee recently finished her
three-year Apprenticeship Program
in Tsugaru Kanayama Pottery
Aomori, Japan. She graduated with
a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Arts
major in Painting at the University
of the Philippines, College of Fine
Arts, Diliman. She is currently
interested to learn about the ceramic
process and how to maintain
sustainability with the said medium.
Jemimah Dumawal is currently the
creative lead at Bridge Southeast Asia.
She specialized in studio arts back
in college but does graphic design
and photography by profession and
passion. She is fond of nice papers,
film photography, postcards and food.
She is also the founder of Papersteak.
First thing you ever made with
your hands: As a kid and the only
girl among my siblings, I used to
create paper dolls and scrapbooks with
my mother.
Jaime Rapi, Jr. is a photographer
who specializes in people watching,
trespassing and tumbling off small
boats. Also incredible at getting
people coffee. He graduated from a
prestigious school where he learned
to master essential skills, like how
to skip class. From time to time
he thinks he can write, so just let
him be so you won’t be bothered.
Kind of looks like Jake Cuenca, I
guess. Handmade creation you’re
proudest of? Sewing an intricate
design using cross-stitch for a table
runner. I spent an entire Christmas
vacation slaving on that thing.
Elizabeth Ruth Deyro is a
Pushcart Prize-nominated poet,
writer and editor from Laguna.
Her work has been published or
is forthcoming in Rust + Moth,
Hypertrophic Literary, Half Mystic,
MEG, Wonder Mag and The
Tempest, among other places.
She is the founder of The Brown
Orient and publisher of RECLAIM
/ RESIST. Handmade creation
you’re proudest of? A zine-styled
chapbook of work from my creative
nonfiction class. Writing probably
sucked, but it was still nice to get to
create something like that.