Tribal Tapestry

This project revolves around a visual system that draws inspiration from the Kalinga tattoo tradition of the Philippines The system accounts for the identity of individuals through patterns that represent social status and personal history through various roles: ethnicity, descendants, siblings, spouses, parents, and ancestors Each element has its own symbols that are embroidered and eventually woven together to create the family's or tribe's refil thus represents the clan arch and identity that is constantly being formed.

This project revolves around a visual system that is inspired by the Kalinga tattoos from the Philippines. This system helps portal identity through patterns, representing status, personal history, and stages of social family based social rolls: ethnicity, designer, older sibling, spouse, parent and grandparent. Each stage has its own design for a symbolic pattern. These designs are then embroidered into fabricated and it also presents.

Photos: Claudio Parada Nunes