Amihan Aquilizan, bottle bag pink/brown/tan

Treasure presents a collection of bags by Amihan Aquilizan <3

Paracord bottle bag with pouch made out of deadstock fabric.

Materials:
Paracord, plastic toggle, glass beads, deadstock polyester

Products are all handmade by the artist and will have slight imperfections!

Made in the Philippines/Australia

Amihan Aquilizan is an artist, working primarily with textile and cardboard to create sculptures and installations. Her creative practice, explores narratives of place, habitation, dislocation and identity. As an immigrant living in between Los Baños, Philippines and Magandjin, Australia, Amihan uses flowers and the ritual of making as a metaphor for her lived diasporic experience. 

The artist has created a collection of bags for Treasure. Using water bottles as a mould, each bag was hand-knotted by the artist using 550 paracord. The colour combinations are inspired by nature, urban sceneries and Amihan’s favourite shades. The artist also drew inspiration from Ming Ranginui’s ‘Battle Royale’ for one of the bags in the collection. She has sewn pouches using dead-stock fabrics, which can be used as an inner lining for the bags to keep the wearer’s little trinkets safe. Amihan has a fascination with vessels and the many ways they can be presented, used and formed.