Gaea Bound

Join us for a fun and hands-on Papermaking Workshop just outside The Bean Flower Cafe, Durham! Whether you’re a beginner or just looking to try something new, this is the perfect chance to learn how to identify plants, process fibers into pulp, and make your own unique paper. Teaching artist, Angaea Cuna, will provide a buffet of pulps fibers, moulds and deckles, and decorative materials for participants. At the end of the session, participants get to take their paper home with them! Fri, May 22, 2026 5-7pm Ticket link in @gaeabound bio

🍍2 APRIL WORKSHOPS🍍READ BELOW: 🧹THURSDAY WORKSHOP: Mini Broom Mini, but mighty! Learn how to make mini brooms with Filipino fibers at the Bean Flower cafe in Durham. It’s also your chance to try their seasonal specials! Pineapple Cake Tea and Calamansi Yogurt Fizz drinks??? Sarap! 🧹🧹April 23 || 5-7pm || The Bean Flower, Durham NC || Mini tickets in bio! 🐚FRIDAY WORKSHOP: Baybayin Learn how to write in Baybayin, the ancient script of Tagalog Philippines! Artist, Angaea Cuna, will teach us the mysterious origins of Baybayin through rich storytelling and calligraphy, revealing the significant relationships Filipinos had with nature, community, and neighboring countries prior to colonization. 🐚🐚 April 24 || 5-7pm || The Bean Flower, Durham NC || Ticket link in bio!

Spring is coming! Learn how to write in Baybayin, the ancient script of the Philippines! Artist, Angaea Cuna, will teach us the mysterious origins of Baybayin through rich storytelling and calligraphy, revealing the significant relationships Filipinos had with nature and neighboring countries prior to colonization. Friday, March 20, 2026 5-7pm The Bean Flower, Durham NC Ticket link in bio! bit.ly/baybayinmar

Maraming salamat to this round of baybayin participants and @thebeanflower for hosting! “Sinigang” @skyspirals “Nahihilo” @wobbybillis “Malaya at alon” @heymrbrian “Isang baksa” @mel_knee “Makibaka sa kalayaan” ched91321 “Quiambao” @urf4vaplanet “Lila Roselada” @sonicplayground “Ailani Mae” @aiilani “Kitakits” @epi.phytte “Kalayaan” @kingtenta “Sampaguita” cee3ndee “Matalim ng utak malakas ng loob” @kayla_fernando

Please take a moment to listen to the poem and appreciate the artwork, ‘I Forget’ by Angaea Cuna. Angaea is a book and ʻāina fibers artist whose work holds attention and speaks with quiet force. To see more of her work, visit gaeabound.com or connect with her on Instagram @gaeabound #mymusescardshop #chapelhill #carrboro #musegallery #smallbusiness

In this video, Angaea Cuna — a book and ʻāina fibers artist — shares the story and process behind her piece, Nameless Fishpond. Listen along to learn more about her journey, materials, and the meanings bound and stitched into her work. To explore more, visit gaeabound.com or find her on instagram @gaeabound #mymusescardshop #chapelhill #carrboro #musegallery #smallbusiness

Join us for a night of calligraphy and learn how to write in Baybayin, the ancient script of the Philippines! Artist, Angaea Cuna, will teach us the mysterious origins of Baybayin through rich storytelling and calligraphy, bringing light to the significant relationships Filipinos had with nature and neighboring countries prior to colonization. Saturday, Feb 28, 2026 5-7pm The Bean Flower, Durham NC Ticket link in bio!

Baybayin Workshop is returning to The Bean Flower in Durham for the new year! Spend your Saturday learning how to write in Baybayin and sipping on a Mango Calamansi Fizz! Artist, Angaea Cuna, will teach us the mysterious origins of Baybayin through rich storytelling and calligraphy, bringing light to the significant relationships Filipinos had with nature and neighboring countries prior to colonization. Date: January 24, 2026, Saturday Time: 5:00-7:00PM Location: The Bean Flower, Durham, NC Ticket link in bio!

Join artists Angaea Cuna and Jason Pereira for a hands-on papermaking workshop that blends introductory skills and material storytelling. Through guided demonstration and independent exploration, participants will learn pulp preparation, sheet forming, and the endless possibilities of paper as a medium. This introductory class is perfect for anyone curious about sustainable creativity and natural materials. Saturday, December 13, 2025 Session 1: 10am-12pm Session 2: 2pm-4pm Location: Jason Pereira Art Studio, 220 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach CA 90802 2 ticket links in bio! Angaea Cuna is a Filipina multimedia artist whose practice centers on book arts, fiber arts, and immersive installation. Working under the studio name Gaea Bound, she cultivates a liminal space rooted in diasporic identity, where nature and community become extensions of her creative process. Blending indigenous craft with contemporary techniques, Cuna honors her ancestral lineage while empowering the cultural narratives she carries forward today. JP / Jason Pereira is a mixed Samoan Artist born and raised in Los Angeles, unceded Tongva land. His family ascends from Tutuila Island, American Samoa. He is a cultural bearer and storyteller in the shape of an Artist, whose practice is rooted in service to Pacific Island culture and community. As a visual artist, JP generates works that help tell stories and shape identities of the people and organizations that call on him to create. Cultural Art, Graffiti Art and Graphic Design inform his artistry and approach.

“My story is a tapestry of lace doily” Frenni Anne Dolsie Acuesta ||| Kapwa Kodex featuring another beautiful creative soul @dolsie__ Together we had to figure out the word “lace” in hiligaynon, reaching out to our families for the answer. Our ancient words are lost, our language hybridized, the history scattered, much like the diaspora. Red Bolero available at @shopbarongandformal #kapwakodex #baybayin

O’ the whoas of life

Hitched to the current space, Tethered to another place. Masks to hide my foreign face, Plastic and polyester lace. Am i less of the person That i believe to be Because i left the soil That nurtured me?… Fuck cultural authenticity— What i really want is reciprocity, To smother the animosity, To burn the crabs in a bucket mentality. I shed my armor of thorns And my crown of bloody horns And remind myself that I was born Naked with the blood of my mother and her mother’s mothers. Stay tuned, stay connected. Kapwa Kodex is a seed I’m slowly nurturing, refining, and sometimes incubating as I often have to go out in the world and participate in the capitalist agenda 🐒 but i return, into this intangible space, digital or liminal, and find you guys in all your beauty, proactive dreams, woes, and nuances, comforting me in our invisible refuge of kapwa