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The name Tes Pasola is synonymous with paper. She believes the possibility for paper has no limits. A zen-like artwork of pulp paper can assume a biomorphic or cloud shape. Book-bound paper can be made into a stool base. A rug and curtain can be made out of twine and Swarovski crystals. A BMW model, a labyrinth or avant-garde pants and blouse can be fashioned from handmade paper. The possibilities are endless.
To be clear and honest, I wasn’t there at last Sunday’s dinner hosted by Conrad Onglao for his love, Zsa Zsa Padilla. I was in another sweet couple’s milestone affair, the 30th wedding anniversary celebration of Chito and Anna Sobrepeña.
From the hillside of an exclusive development in Batangas, one property stands out in the row of Mediterranean-style houses. Rather than a massive villa that recalls opulent lifestyles in the Riviera, this glass box of a house looks out toward an unbroken view of the South China Sea. If you have nothing but the horizon before you, surely you wouldn’t want to mar the vista with concrete walls?
After guiding furniture and home accessory manufacturers for over 30 years, designer-artists Tony Gonzales and Tes Pasola, this time, are satisfying their creative urge by creating a “playground” called One of T.
