SEEING PLANTS

To love, one must care. To care, one must know. To know, one must see.

The bold marks characteristic of relief prints convey the dynamic nature of plants. Often dismissed or completely ignored, plants exist quietly around us, giving us food, medicine, climate crisis mitigation, shelter, safety, and the very air we need to survive. Plants give us peace, plants give us life! For all they provide us freely and generously, our chlorophyll-laden co-inhabitants tend to be forgotten or dismissed, with humans relegating them (if they are considered at all) to the background, while more visibly mobile and audibly loud beings are highlighted.

I grew up and lived in concrete cities. It was not until I moved to Bacolod, and after briefly living in Japan, that I started seeing all the plants. Plant blindness is sadly, unfortunately real. Through my work teaching permaculture, tending to our family food forest, and making art focused on plants, I honor and celebrate plants so others may also see.

These pieces are hand-carved and handprinted in the heart of the our family’s food forest in Bacolod, Philippines. I slowly and very deliberately carve each image out of linoleum, a biodegradable material, and then ink and print the image on thoughtfully selected paper. Please feel free to message me for any questions or if you’d like to know more about my printmaking practice.

"two young Awapuhi plants quiver / together" (2025)
linocut relief print on Awagami Kozo Paper, 8.3" x 11.7"

Limited Edition of 3

Awapuhi is also called Shampoo Ginger, a perennial plant that thrives in shady and wet areas. As the name implies, some people use Shampoo Ginger as soap or shampoo. Our Shampoo Ginger plants usually disappear when it's summer, and then they reappear once the rainy season starts. This print features two young plants I saw leaning on each other, seemingly greeting their new world bravely together.

Php3,000

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"mycelial network ii" (2025)
linocut relief print on Awagami Unryu Paper, 8.3" x 11.7"

Limited Edition of 1; there is no other print with these colors on this kind of paper.

The mycelial network, created by fungi to access resources they need, connects trees and other plants through their roots, making communication and the sharing of nutrients possible. What we call mushrooms are actually the “fruits” of the mycelial or fungal network underground (sometimes visible above ground, too).

Php4,000

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