ArtSea Spotlight

Like-minded individuals, one sea, one goal.

Here we're featuring fellow artisans who share the same passion.

Tagpi-Tagpi

DAUIN, NEGROS ORIENTAL

Tagpi-Tagpi is a social enterprise that works with women weavers in Apo Island, Negros Oriental to create hand-sewn plush toys based on Philippine flora and fauna.

The enterprise helps protect the marine ecosystem by bringing awareness towards marine life, preventing textile & plastic waste from entering our oceans, and empowering women from coastal communities.

Tagpi-Tagpi's animal plushies are made from old clothes. They include:

- Hammerhead Sharks

- Reversible Octopi

- Humpback Whales

- Thresher Sharks

- Orca Whales

- Mobula Rays

- Sea Turtles

- Hornbills

Made with old clothes, each plushie also empowers coastal communities an alternate source of livelihood for coastal communities.

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