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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 · Sep 6

Hi, I'm Gale! I bring together my background in #anthropology and development work with #printmaking to create and facilitate #stamp-based interactive activities that highlight culture, heritage, and advocacy campaigns. Here are some of my projects!

#PrintmakingPhilippines

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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 4h

Prepping for a big event this coming weekend! Non-stop carving and printing these past few days. I'm hella exhausted but also super excited. This is my biggest event so far. 🥹🥹🥹All my hard work and late night printmaking is paying of. More details soon!

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 2d

The zine version of this, published by TkTk Feminist Printmakers, will be translated in Chinese for a zine in Hong Kong!!! 🥹🥹🥹

Will be writing more about printmaking in the Philippines soon. Just got super busy carving and conducting fieldwork.

#Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines #ArtPhilippines

Cultivating Feminist-Led Safe Spaces for Creatives*

In the Philippines, where there is a lack of third spaces or free public and social environments, especially for art and creativity, The O Home and TkTk (read as takatak) Feminist Printmakers were bor...

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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 4d

I facilitated another zine making workshop. This time, it's with families of desaparecidos and human rights violations victims + human rights advocates.

Now, I need to rest because I'm feeling sick again. Lol.

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 5d

Zine Making × Indigenous language and #culture with Tagbanua and Batak youth of Cabayugan and Tagabinet, Puerto Princesa, Palawan

To make #Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices documentation more engaging, I introduced #zine making as part of our research and documentation training program.

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 10d

They were referring to my printmaking work and how I combine it with urban heritage advocacy and activism. But my printmaking focus is really just an expansion of yrs of work in research and development work. 😭😭😭 I'm on the right track. We just need to polish some stufff. Still hella exhausted tho.

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 10d

I've been really exhausted (physically and mentally) these past few weeks with all my printmaking work + econ work. Like literally my whole body is aching with days of printing but still prepping to hike for fieldwork. But someone just followed me and messaged me that they are inspired by my work. 😭

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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 10d

My project before fieldwork: katmon bag and stickers! 🟢💮
You can use hand-carved rubber stamps on both cloth and paper, just choose the right ink. For brighter colors, I like using oil-based ink.

#Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines #Katmon #Stamps #PhilippineFruit

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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 11d

Modesty is a concept rooted in patriarchy, misogyny and purity culture. Every time the topic arises the burden always falls on women which is very telling. A woman will be blamed for causing a man to lust but a man won't be blamed for his actions or for being in that environment.

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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 13d

So fun to see my hand-carved stamp on their label and bag!🍋 Rubber stamps can be used both on paper and cloth, depending on the ink you are using. Also, so proud of myself for carving those tiny letters!
😆😅

#Stamp #StampPh #Print

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 14d

Call for Prints/ Artworks on Paper for Pagsulong: An exhibit in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW)
Deadline: 16 November 2025

Scan the QR code to submit your work.

#PrintmakingPhilippines #IDEVAW #HumanRightsPhilippines

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 15d

I have a print here. I'm still sick so I can't attend the opening, but hope you can drop by. It's an annual exhibit for women farmers.

(Also, Chapter House serves good food and alcoholic drinks)

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 16d

I kinda like my lower/ hoarse voice from flu. Lol.

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 16d

Stamps I made for Luto, Likha, Linang's "Likhaan sa Tela," an intimate gathering of women farmers and women creatives, brought to you by Hapag Ugnayan in partnership with TkTk Feminist Printmakers and other women farmers' and organizations

#Stamps #StampsPh #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines

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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 17d

As a preparation for our upcoming exhibit on International Day to End Violence Against Women, we are inviting you to join our discussion this Sunday, 19 October 2025, 10:00 AM -1:00 PM Philippine time via Zoom! Click the link in bio to sign up.

Sign up here: forms.gle/exwmhkbKUy1H...

#IDEVAW

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 18d

I'll be facilitating a collaborative art workshop with human rights violations victims and their families + human rights advocates this October. Super excited to share our stamp prompts soon! 😌😌😌

It sucks getting sick in a middle of a busy month tho.

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 19d

I made this Katmon stamp
for "Luto, Likha, Linang: a hapag ugnayan potluck of food and creativity" on 25 October at PRRM, Quezon City. Sign up at tinyurl.com/lutolikhalinang

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 20d

I have a postcard-size print here! Visit Sining Amihan 2025 at Spare Bedroom, Chapter House in Quezon City. Exhibit runs from 19 October to 16 November 2025. 🍄🌾

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 21d

I made a set of stamps for Lemonade Youth, a youth mentorship program. Their launch/ fundraiser is on October 18, 1-5PM at Chapter House in Sikatuna. If you're free, drop by to support this amazing cause and help empower the next generation. 🍋💛🌼✨️

#Stamps #StampsPh #Lemonade #Lemon

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Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 21d

I want an electric saw and someone who will operate it for me for free. Lol. Hand sawing wood to make stamp handles is the worst part of making stamps. 😭😭😭

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 23d

I attended an intaglio printmaking workshop at the Luzon Art Fair. It's my first time trying intaglio and I love it! Now, I need to save up for a proper press. 😭

The design I made is based on my old print that I wanted to redo. I want to do a better version in intaglio!!!

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 23d

Me beside my print! Check out Paper Route by Marz Today Studio at the Luzon Art Fair, Bulwagang Kanlahi, Tarlac City. The fair is til Sunday, 12 October. 💐✨️

#Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines #LuzonArtFair #LuzonArtFair2025

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 25d

You'll see this print again in Quezon City this month. Details of the exhibit soon.

#Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines #BreakdownFascism #Fascism #Mushrooms #Mushroom

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 26d

Check my work at Luzon Art Fair, Bulwagang Kanlahi, Tarlac City this 9-12 October under Paper Route of Marz Today Studio. See you! ✨️

#LuzonArtFair #Printmaking #PrintmakingPhilippines

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 28d

Watch the whole video on my instagram!

Gale (siya, she/her, they/them) @tanglesandtravels.bsky.social · 28d

Stamp based on precolonial (10th-13th century) #Butuan Ivory Seal found in Butuan, #Mindanao.

#StampPhilippines #Artefact #ButuanIvorySeal #PrintmakingPhilippines #NationalMuseumPh