TATAK: Printmaking Workshop

with Marz Aglipay

July 23, 2025

Last July 23, the morning leg of TATAK, a mini block printing workshop led by printmaker and independent curator Marz Aglipay, was held at Haboean Weaving Studio and Café. Organized with KANTINA Roxas, the workshop brought together artists, weavers, and friends of the studio for a hands-on session focused on printmaking using simple rubber block techniques. Marz Aglipay was the resident artist of ISTARAN, for the whole month of July 2025. This is the residency program of KANTINA, a space for co-learning and co-creation in Roxas City, Capiz.

Participants began by carving sample blocks from rubber bases provided, practicing precision and mark-making. From there, they moved on to developing their own final prints. Marz guided everyone through the process, from carving and inking to stamping and signing of their finished work. Some of the weavers brought out some of the motifs they commonly work with and experimented by printing on piña-seda, allowing familiar patterns to re-emerge through new techniques.

The workshop continued in the afternoon at RB Print Gallery and is part of a series of early programming leading up to the art biennale held in Aklan, VIVA ExCon 2025.

About Marz Aglipay

Marz Aglipay is a writer, independent curator, and printmaker whose work centers on the act of slow image-making. Her printmaking practice is rooted in Keshigomu Hanko, or eraser stamps. She focuses on depicting the likeness of everyday objects and people, in an attempt to articulate comfort and nostalgia surrounding notions of consumption. Her works have been exhibited and published in the US, Japan, and Germany, outside of the Philippines. Some of the institutions she has exhibited in include Manuel Antonio Rodriguez Sr. Center for Printmaking and the Cultural Center of the Philippines, among others. She is currently part of an ongoing show called “Bakas | Filipina Imprints” at the Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art.

Website: https://marzren.com/

About KANTINA and Istaran

KANTINA Roxas is a community-based art platform in Capiz founded by cultural worker and curator Marika Constantino. It serves as a site for co-learning and collaboration between visiting artists and the local community. Through its residency program Istaran, KANTINA invites artists, curators, and researchers to spend time in Roxas City, developing work in dialogue with place, people, and pace. Programs are intentionally small and responsive, focused on regional grounding and shared processes. (Website: https://www.facebook.com/KANTINA.rxs/)