Tumandok Crafts Industries turns natural materials — most recently carefully treated capiz shell — into houseware and décor made by hand. What began as a way to keep local livelihoods going after the sugar industry crisis has grown into a craft practice now in its fourth decade.
Each collection starts with a material — shell, bark, husk, or wood — and takes its final shape through hand work. Here is a first look at what's in the workshop.
Trays, coasters, and wall-mounted hampers finished in treated capiz shell — the material Tumandok has worked with since 1988.
Trays, bins, coasters, and a soap dish, all worked in dried banana bark skin for everyday use.
Keepsake boxes, frames, and trays shaped from coconut shell and wood.
Tumandok Crafts Industries started as a trading firm offering alternative livelihood to sugar workers after the collapse of the Negros sugar industry. A factory fire in 2003 slowed the workshop down — it did not stop it. Today the company continues to work from Bago City, Negros Occidental, with a showroom in Bacolod City.
BÚ¡TLAK means the rising sun in Hiligaynon — the first light of a new day. Tumandok is showing its capiz shell collection at this year's fair, alongside 178 brands from across the Negros Island Region.
September 22–27, 2026
SMX Convention Center Aura, Taguig City
Organized by the Association of Negros Producers, in partnership with SM Supermalls