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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them)

@tanglesandtravels.bsky.social
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Development worker and printmaker using stamps and relief prints to tell (auto)ethnographies rooted in personal, political, and collective experience shaped by life in the Global South. 🇵🇭

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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Make-your-own Halo-Halo postcard and sticker bar using my Halo-Halo stamp collection
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Currently on display at Parola Gallery 1, College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City 'til 31st October 2026 as part of Sining Amihan 2026 exhibit. Drop by if you have time. #Artivism #CeramicSculpture #ArtPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Work in progress ✨️✨️✨️ I combined #ceramic #sculpture and #crochet to create a mini #installation for our upcoming exhibit this November. #ArtPhilippines #CeramicSculpture #MiniInstallation
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Dambanang Kuweba (Cave Shrine) #PotteryPhilippines #CermicSculpture #Kuweba
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Christmas in the Philippines starts as early as September, but how do we celebrate amidst all the flooding and corruption issues? #Stamps #Christmas #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines #PhilippinePolitics #Artivism
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#Stamp Bar: Customizable Protest Stamps at Bulatlat's Benefit Dinner last night. We had a blast!!! #Stamps #StampsPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Full Moon Ritual because bloodmoon is near
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
How I do the cut-and-hollow method for my #ceramic #sculpture. Also, I'm just exploring how to get past this depressive energy. 🫠
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#Stamp Bar preps for Bulatlat Benefit Dinner next week! ✅️ Customizable Protest Stamp Rack ✅️ Sample customized stickers and postcard ✅️ #Banderitas that I'll hang in front of my stamp bar ✅️ Banderitas as signage that I'll hang on the side Still need to prep the step by step guide! 😊
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Updating my stamp bar banderitas by adding colorful print. Maybe will update this everytime I have a new textile print. 😊 The text is "tatak" or "print" in English, written in #baybayin, one of Philippines' pre-colonial scripts. #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The texture is like melted chocolate 🫠🫠🫠 I need to dry them soon to meet my deadline. I think I need to start using my hair blowdryer because I don't have a heat gun, but I'm also scared of causing cracks on these bebes. Arggggh. Maybe I'll do that on the weekend if the weather doesn't change. 🥲
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Two weeks of non-stop rain. I need my sanity and a dehumidifier. 🥲🫠
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I'm used to heavy rains since I grew up in a region that is one of the usual typhoon routes in the Philippines, but this non-stop heavy rains for more than a week is crazy. 😳 Rainy season without a sunny day in more than a week is not usual. And my body and brain is hybernating with the season. 🫠
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Back to playing with clay! 😊 after days of carving for my stamp bar preps, I noticed that my carved lines and fine details are not as good. So it's time to rest my hands from carving and play with clay instead. Lol.
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"How do you forget something that never was?" My print from 2024 #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines #Limerence
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Join Bulatlat’s 25th Anniversary Benefit dinner and access my Stamp Bar for free! #Stamps #StampsPhilippines #Bulatlat
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Updated my customizable protest stamps collection for my upcoming event at the end of the month. Now, I'm exhausted with all the preps. Also kinda feeling sad, maybe because of the non-stop raining.
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
See my work here at The O Home Makati!
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
It's Bulatlat's 25th anniversary!!! So I carved their logo and a Martin stamp for their anniversary benefit dinner! And of course, it's customizable, just like the rest of my customizable protest stamps collection. #Stamps #StampsPhilippines #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Kumunoy ng Utang at Dugo ng Tubuhan" Clay and Fiber Sculpture From the sugarcane plantations of Batangas to the haciendas of Negros, sugarcane workers are drowning in debt, sweat, and blood. #CeramicSculpture
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"Mga Hubad na Katotohanan" (Naked Truths) Print, sewn, crocheted on A3 textile #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
New hairstyles for my upcoming Customizable Protest Stamps events!!! Will carve more stamps to expand the collection. Super excited! 🥹🥹🥹 #Stamps #ProtestStamps #StampsPhilippines #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Sponge stamps with 5year olds! Instead of rubber, we used sponge and scissors to cut out sponge stamps that are safe and easy to use for kids! #Stamp #Stamps #SpongeStamps #StampsForKids
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Lamine Yamal waving Palestinian flag during FC Barcelona's La Liga championship parade. #LamineYamal #WorldCup2026 #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Is Messi gonna give Yamal a bath in the pitch, or is it the other way around this time? Hehe. (Photo from unicef's 2008 charity calendar with FC Barcelona) #WorldCup2026 #Messi #LamineYamal #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Is Messi gonna give Yamal a bath in the pitch, or is it the other way around this time? Hehe. (Photo from unicef's 2008 charity calendar with FC Barcelona) #WorldCup2026 #Messi #LamineYamal #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Erling Halaand "stamp motion" (coined by my friend, Kariema) #ErlingHalaand #Halaand #Norway #FIFA #Stamp #StopMotion #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Alex Eala's "horizontal forehand" at Wimbledon. #AlexEala #Wimbledon #Tennis #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Emotional Support Cookies #Cookies #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Coming soon! Just finished my #ButuanIvorySeal prototype. This blind-embossed print will come with a zine about the artefact. The Butuan Ivory Seal is a precolonial artefact related to #printmaking that was found in Butuan, Mindanao! #PrintmakingPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I'm currently experimenting with #BlindEmbossing for my Butuan Ivory #Seal project. The Butuan Ivory Seal is a precolonial artefact related to #printmaking that was found in Butuan, Mindanao! #PrintmakingPhilippines #Embossing #EmbossedPrint
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Breaking my creative slump with #FullMoon and #NewMoon #Stamps! #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I was invited by Amnesty International Philippines to facilitate a #rubbercut #printmaking workshop as a creative activity during their Legal Gender Recognition event for Pride month.
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I'm facilitating a printmaking workshop and creative reflection for Amnesty International's Legal Gender Recognition discussion and Pride event this coming Saturday, 20th June, in Quezon City! Scan the code to register! #PrintmakingWorkshopPh #Pride #LegalGenderRecognition
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Let's talk about the #Filipino pronoun "siya". "Siya" in Filipino and Bikol (and other Philippine languages) is genderless, NOT gender neutral! #Prounouns in a lot of Philippine languages, do NOT imply gender– they are just in singular and plural forms.
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Brutzy studio is making miniature pieces of Manila's #brutalist icons! Soooo cool!
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
In devt work, just like in many spaces, social capital matters more than the content of what you're saying. Position, not positionality, matters more. And if we talk about social capital, we have to talk about privilege. Basically it's still for privileged people. I should have been a careerist. 🤡
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Full Moon Ritual with friends last blue moon/ second full moon of May! 🌕✨️ We made our own ritual under the moon light. A good time to reflect collectively and set intentions for the upcoming month with friends. #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines #BlueMoon #FullMoon
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Full Moon Ritual with friends last blue moon/ second full moon of May! 🌕✨️ We made our own ritual under the moon light. A good time to reflect collectively and set intentions for the upcoming month with friends. #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines #BlueMoon #FullMoon
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Is it called a deadline because it feels like a death sentence? 🫠
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The sinking ship called the Philippines that I keep on choosing. Until when tho? Until when can we live with clowns and snakes while we are literally fighting for our lives? Are we just wasting our years here?
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Traces of Memories and Grief (Series) Anthotype fades over time. Developed under the sun, then gone under light. First photo by Alley S.
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
#Anthotype part 2! I facilitated a #SunPrinting activity to protest against the cutting of old trees in Metro Manila for a road widening program. We printed fallen leaves and flowers from trees as we stand against a car-centric city.
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
#Anthotype using #turmeric emulsion. I used baking soda solution to develop the print after sun printing so it turned pinkish.
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#Ternate and #Mango #stamp for my friend's personal library! I divided the stamp into three parts so it’s easier to use different inks, and they can customize the stamp placement on the handle using tack.🪻🥭📚
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A friend asked me to customize a #stamp for their library. The design is based on her concept, but I divided the stamp into 3 and used reusable tack so they can customize the position of the stamps in the handle. I still wanna use wooden handle, but right now, my hand sawing skill is still 2/10.
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
My 2026 prints so far! I've been swamped with work deadlines and fieldworks and still don't have much time to print. Hoping to get back to my printmaking table real soon! 🥲
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
"Much of what we do is shaped by absence: violations not recorded, names crossed out, dates withheld for safety, events far from any camera or publication." -RJ Ledesma #DefendNegros #HumanRightsPhilippines
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Not Memorial, But Fugitive
Towards a poetics of the revolutionary archive
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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
More photos from Sun & Soil: Printing Resistance last week! Block Printmaking on textile + discussion on food justice and the role of visual language in social movements @gulayaanfest held at Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Sta. Mesa. Artivisim is alive! 🌤🌾🌱🍄
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