NAMNAMA:
A Tribute for Gamayo's Inabel
Award:
In 2012, Magdalena Gamayo was awarded by GAMABA awardees. It is a recognition of Filipino traditional craftsmen or artisan. Magdalena still owes a lot to the land and the annual harvest. Regardless, her status as a master weaver, weaving alone is enough.
Magdalena’s handiworks are finer than most abel –her blankets have a very high thread count and her designs are the most intricate and can sometimes take up to five colors. Making sure the right colored threads are spaced evenly and keeping accurate count is a challenge that Magdalena has always unerringly met. The beauty of her designs lies in how delicate the patterns are, and yet how uniform the weave. Magdalena’s calloused hands breathe life to her work and her unique products are testament to how machines can never hope to equal the human art
To weave is to create a fabric with the use of two different sets of yarns that interlaces at right angles. A warp are the vertical threads and the weft or filling are the horizontal threads. The tool used to weave is a loom where the warp is placed as the filling threads are woven through them.