Kubo Curated

For Kubo Curated, an abiding respect for artisanship transcends craft and enters the realm of the sacred. The craft matters too, of course – the labour of devotion that is abacá-weaving, its artisans, the T’boli tribe in the Philippines. This ancient practice is deeply spiritual and produces a beautiful and resilient fabric known as T'nalak. Pure abacá fibres of the banana family are hand-picked, stripped, sun-dried, then dyed using a technique known as ikat. The T’boli believe that the weaver receives each design in a dream, gifted by the goddess Fu Dalu. Only the tribeswomen can work as these ‘dreamweavers’, through the men may assist in harvesting and preparing the fibres. The resulting fabric creates each intricate Kubo cushion cover, with geometric lattice patterns a recurring motif in the collection.