Residual sticks & twigs out from the production of the twic-clock. Bundled together and used as all-natural eco friendly accent. Sometime last month, I took it out and shot it with the moon as the backdrop (or updrop) and light source. Only posting it now. Posting a moon shot too that I haphazardly took that night.
Just for kicks, let’s post the trailer of the Twilight Saga, Eclipse…
these are not sangkalan, on the second thought...
These are the acacia rounded wood boards before being made into a clock we call twic-tac. By the way, we have pending orders for these twic-tac clocks and guess what’s causing the delay of producing this unique native clocks? The little branches or twigs! Of all things, finding the right dry twigs and beautiful “branched-out” twigs is harder than we thought. We gotta run to the “twiggery.”
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A bundle of twigs on solid wood stand, bunched up by paper twine & abaca rope. This is what we call in the office, our “twigs trophy”. Trophy for having been able to sell this clock that uses twigs. And, trophy for having been able to clean up parts of Muntinlupa City. I posted something about those little branches & twigs here. Please check it out.
WYSI-TWIG - What You See Is TWIG
It’s been WYSI-TWIG, err, WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) for me lately. Every time I see twigs, I always stop and pick some. No matter where I am, it’s “When-I-See-Twig-I-Will-Get”. Near Asian Hospital (Festival Mall area), the long and winding road there is lined with trees and during summah time like now, it’s twig-Nirvana out there. That place is my “twigery”.
And why not, we use ‘em during kodakan of our items. See ‘photwigs’ below.
And sometimes, our buyers who all love tawaran-portion (haggling) and freebies, we give these twigs accents as free items.
How do we employ the twigs? Please some-ples below…
Processing requires a little sanding (using sand paper), sun-baking too if the twigs are not that dry. Then, a quick spray painting (available at home depots, around 100.00 per compressed spray paint) if you want it other than its natural color. You may choose to have it un-painted for a raw-look, rustic-look.
For the rich kids, twigs, roots, sticks, vines and other types are also available in malls and other home furnishing stores in the Philippines. More elaborate and sophisticated ones. But then again, at the end of the day, it’s way cooler to look at the twigs and say that you picked it up in the park during one morning brisk walking with your son.
In case you drop by at our place and buy something, please ask for the free twigs (if we have at the time) and we’ll give it. Just say the magic promo word… WYSITWIG!
*BTW, did you notice the “at the end of the day“?, that’s unnecessary really. But I just want to use that, it sounds good… “at the end of the day.”
