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THE QUIET COLLECTIVE
I recently learned that there are two kinds of workshops, a kind that designs and educates, similar to Odang Putik’s Workshop, and a kind that gets hot and dirty, like the one I’m going to show you. For Liter of Light to be able to achieve the 3000+ solar lamp project, a team from a third generation family artisan business is entrusted to mass produce them in a short amount of time, because they can! It took a little convincing for them to show us their workshop though. They would always say it’s too hot, or I might not like it there, but I loved it! And I also learned…
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FROM MIND TO MOLD
Weeks ago, Illac called me up to set a schedule to document a component of a project he is working on. I was to head to a pottery studio north of Quezon City, to observe the brainstorming and design of the receptacle for Liter of Light’s solar lamps. I arrive at Odang Putik Pottery Studio, the art space of Ianna Engano, a prime mover of functional ceramics. A small but smart studio where every area has a purpose. Why pottery? The project at hand calls for the solar lamps to be encased in something locally made, a local craft if you may. Pottery came into the picture, a local art…
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THE LIGHT IN YOUR HANDS
Solar powered lights, assembled by hand, tightened by simple tools. Renewable and clean, something so simple can be so essential when the storms come and electricity gets knocked out. This is the very thing Liter of Light has been doing for many years, bringing light to the communities in need, and teaching them how to do it themselves. A proactive advocacy indeed. Now it needs your help! On Sundays at June 8 and 15 at Asian Institute of Management, from 8am to 5pm. Liter of Light calls for your community to help assemble 3,000 Solar Lamps, first as a set up for a World Record, then to be sent to…
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