https://sofiaquimbo.com Sofia Ella Quimbo Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:29:37 +0000 https://sofiaquimbo.com en https://sofiaquimbo.com/Index Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:29:32 +0000 Sofia Ella Quimbo https://sofiaquimbo.com/Index https://sofiaquimbo.com/Soft-Power-II Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:29:33 +0000 Sofia Ella Quimbo https://sofiaquimbo.com/Soft-Power-II Soft Power II She doesn’t want to, but she will if she has to. Minky, shoddy, and Poly-fil10.5 x 6 in <img width="2731" height="3641" width_o="2731" height_o="3641" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/98a2f76f424cf8bac55b9eb3db76c4d0ca3019d0f69d70ae14297a092f334766/APC_1262.jpg" data-mid="251924654" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/98a2f76f424cf8bac55b9eb3db76c4d0ca3019d0f69d70ae14297a092f334766/APC_1262.jpg" /> <img width="2349" height="3132" width_o="2349" height_o="3132" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0548ef0774c0b829af8b687d63ed16b4fb40ff93443afe8868df105ffda773d8/APC_1263.jpg" data-mid="251924655" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0548ef0774c0b829af8b687d63ed16b4fb40ff93443afe8868df105ffda773d8/APC_1263.jpg" /> <img width="2624" height="3499" width_o="2624" height_o="3499" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/105c4665379acce826f3fa8e13d8310f48d183feaf470ce4c138e80f48e4e323/APC_1260.jpg" data-mid="251924701" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/105c4665379acce826f3fa8e13d8310f48d183feaf470ce4c138e80f48e4e323/APC_1260.jpg" /> 2026 https://sofiaquimbo.com/Gero-Gero Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:29:33 +0000 Sofia Ella Quimbo https://sofiaquimbo.com/Gero-Gero Gero Gero Polyester and shoddy 6 x 6 in <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bedf094c8e7b7b74ebbd7ca9d2bb9471ffe8fdbbe13a8d70af2845cf7accacc6/IMG_3558.jpg" data-mid="251924744" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bedf094c8e7b7b74ebbd7ca9d2bb9471ffe8fdbbe13a8d70af2845cf7accacc6/IMG_3558.jpg" /><img width="2935" height="3913" width_o="2935" height_o="3913" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6b51feebb95d30958d69f93c52f42192a89832e3f52fd0c2482e6bc4484adce/IMG_3556.jpg" data-mid="251924745" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6b51feebb95d30958d69f93c52f42192a89832e3f52fd0c2482e6bc4484adce/IMG_3556.jpg" />2026 https://sofiaquimbo.com/Wafuku-II-1 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:29:34 +0000 Sofia Ella Quimbo https://sofiaquimbo.com/Wafuku-II-1 Wafuku II / 和服 II Habotai bundle-dyed with hibiscus flowers 6.5 x 6.5 in <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/71052b428c5d7bf305d9f671fbc7070a3628f0f97834cbb46d35829a3a2c9187/Wafuku-II_03.jpg" data-mid="251924796" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/71052b428c5d7bf305d9f671fbc7070a3628f0f97834cbb46d35829a3a2c9187/Wafuku-II_03.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65356571de310ad3896713b55d46a394896b8ac7e3fe7e294fa5a340a6c5586f/Wafuku-II_01.jpg" data-mid="251924800" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65356571de310ad3896713b55d46a394896b8ac7e3fe7e294fa5a340a6c5586f/Wafuku-II_01.jpg" /><img width="1875" height="2500" width_o="1875" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e62ebcacec2c87c0fc836f321abcce463a73fdcb5a6086f407a114ef4b1a67b0/vertical.svg" data-mid="251924576" border="0" style="width: 510.775px; height: 681.033px; display: none;" src="//freight.cargo.site/w/400/i/e62ebcacec2c87c0fc836f321abcce463a73fdcb5a6086f407a114ef4b1a67b0/vertical.svg"> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad7d4905076d50ef116a045d20b6204babb7c9ad9af40080f2f9a10236553430/Wafuku-II_02.jpg" data-mid="251924801" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad7d4905076d50ef116a045d20b6204babb7c9ad9af40080f2f9a10236553430/Wafuku-II_02.jpg" /><img width="1875" height="2500" width_o="1875" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e62ebcacec2c87c0fc836f321abcce463a73fdcb5a6086f407a114ef4b1a67b0/vertical.svg" data-mid="251924576" border="0" style="width: 510.775px; height: 681.033px; display: none;" src="//freight.cargo.site/w/400/i/e62ebcacec2c87c0fc836f321abcce463a73fdcb5a6086f407a114ef4b1a67b0/vertical.svg"> 2026 https://sofiaquimbo.com/Wafuku-I-1 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:29:34 +0000 Sofia Ella Quimbo https://sofiaquimbo.com/Wafuku-I-1 Wafuku I / 和服 I Wafuku I / 和服 I Cotton19 x 47 in <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6dcb08305031253977575ec0f61a9a8ef85c304524d23f7b1bca2da7649a8039/Wafuku-I_01.jpg" data-mid="251925572" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6dcb08305031253977575ec0f61a9a8ef85c304524d23f7b1bca2da7649a8039/Wafuku-I_01.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/199247f9bc0194cc838e8e693b2704e0e4234fc94a87d0535f09f2cb42ea0dd0/Wafuku-I_03.jpg" data-mid="251925573" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/199247f9bc0194cc838e8e693b2704e0e4234fc94a87d0535f09f2cb42ea0dd0/Wafuku-I_03.jpg" /> <img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/312c3deb88a949950290ea3fd9add81f5e2f1fc50441777a83df7ef1c32c5b6c/Wafuku-I_02.jpg" data-mid="251925574" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/312c3deb88a949950290ea3fd9add81f5e2f1fc50441777a83df7ef1c32c5b6c/Wafuku-I_02.jpg" /> 2026 https://sofiaquimbo.com/MAKE-MAGIC-1 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:29:35 +0000 Sofia Ella Quimbo https://sofiaquimbo.com/MAKE-MAGIC-1 MAKE MAGIC Checky of fifteen, Purpure, Cerise, Tenné, and Carnation, a Wyvern statant regardant Bleu Celeste Cotton 5 x 3 ft Pirate Ridgewood, January - April 2026&nbsp; <img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a2e5ed2e4c4c8d71f9159c7f3a28ea30fc8800f0e470c3e7426a90454c2db38/IMG_3137.jpg" data-mid="251926411" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a2e5ed2e4c4c8d71f9159c7f3a28ea30fc8800f0e470c3e7426a90454c2db38/IMG_3137.jpg" /> 2026 https://sofiaquimbo.com/Soft-Power-I Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:29:35 +0000 Sofia Ella Quimbo https://sofiaquimbo.com/Soft-Power-I Soft Power I Minky and Poly-fil 11.5 x 6 in (Cat) and 10.5 x 6 in (Flail) <img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f0f5931704b73f90e1c49359c598aab4f1637bac426e4c9073bfe3576c30dfb/soft-power-01_202510.jpg" data-mid="251926432" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f0f5931704b73f90e1c49359c598aab4f1637bac426e4c9073bfe3576c30dfb/soft-power-01_202510.jpg" />2025 https://sofiaquimbo.com/Listening-to-Silence-1 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:29:36 +0000 Sofia Ella Quimbo https://sofiaquimbo.com/Listening-to-Silence-1 Listening to Silence This piece explores how silence holds and protects the past, focusing on the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines (1972–1986). Silence isn’t absence, but it is in fact a record: of the regime's suppression of dissent and of the underground movement's survival. I trace how people preserved knowledge through documents collected from the personal collections of former activists informed by oral accounts from my father and his comrades. Today, with a second Marcos president and ongoing attempts to rewrite the past, these unofficial and informal ways of record-keeping are more urgent(ly needed) than ever. If we learn to listen closely, silence reveals a different kind of history. Part of my MFA thesis project at Pratt. ︎ Read PDF here. ︎ Read manuscript here.7.5 x 4.75 in124 pages Edition of 15 <img width="1250" height="938" width_o="1250" height_o="938" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8aaf67b59a08f13e6b78c05c1c80f1f98bffaa9314e1aaba32b97220dcdc904f/Listening-to-Silence_Cover-Version-2_20250717_01.jpg" data-mid="251926766" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8aaf67b59a08f13e6b78c05c1c80f1f98bffaa9314e1aaba32b97220dcdc904f/Listening-to-Silence_Cover-Version-2_20250717_01.jpg" /><img width="1250" height="910" width_o="1250" height_o="910" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2971549ce72250201fa9f3d4c98fa07a6840237d5c8e5029bacab543adf82fd9/Image_20250628_0002-Edit.jpg" data-mid="251926769" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2971549ce72250201fa9f3d4c98fa07a6840237d5c8e5029bacab543adf82fd9/Image_20250628_0002-Edit.jpg" /><img width="1250" height="910" width_o="1250" height_o="910" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/647015e7ff80cad00566c43f107a8f8c805c47c97a995083e530b79921d15189/Image_20250628_0004-Edit.jpg" data-mid="251926770" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/647015e7ff80cad00566c43f107a8f8c805c47c97a995083e530b79921d15189/Image_20250628_0004-Edit.jpg" /><img width="1250" height="910" width_o="1250" height_o="910" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5fbca7c9d5c49ad8105d02222ed0804bb432927af737b963c96ce76279c949cc/Image_20250628_0006-Edit.jpg" data-mid="251926771" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5fbca7c9d5c49ad8105d02222ed0804bb432927af737b963c96ce76279c949cc/Image_20250628_0006-Edit.jpg" /> <img width="1250" height="938" width_o="1250" height_o="938" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c1e5b3eb887733b5bfce189dac8d6fcfc14c4e8f53f29a9ff5bbde9a44aa9db/Listening-to-Silence_Frontmatter-Version-2_20250716_02.jpg" data-mid="251926767" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c1e5b3eb887733b5bfce189dac8d6fcfc14c4e8f53f29a9ff5bbde9a44aa9db/Listening-to-Silence_Frontmatter-Version-2_20250716_02.jpg" /> <img width="1250" height="938" width_o="1250" height_o="938" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32f2e1be33bc72870579262e182ff3219c744c7ca43253aad56ce444c12e3d25/Listening-to-Silence_Frontmatter-Version-2_20250716_04.jpg" data-mid="251926768" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32f2e1be33bc72870579262e182ff3219c744c7ca43253aad56ce444c12e3d25/Listening-to-Silence_Frontmatter-Version-2_20250716_04.jpg" /> 2025 https://sofiaquimbo.com/I-knew-them-only-through-pictures-and-letters-1 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:29:36 +0000 Sofia Ella Quimbo https://sofiaquimbo.com/I-knew-them-only-through-pictures-and-letters-1 I knew them only through pictures and letters. Flutter Book10 folios <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4358028c0958e7b92a35fc16b2d9a58232e3b6d63ff0c62e317e08b88ca5d4cc/APC_0548-Edit-2.jpg" data-mid="251926867" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4358028c0958e7b92a35fc16b2d9a58232e3b6d63ff0c62e317e08b88ca5d4cc/APC_0548-Edit-2.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bac232c01ce21d9faffee8f51d038ed49bb7b913445faa5804a04789739b9c69/APC_0555-Edit-2.jpg" data-mid="251926883" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bac232c01ce21d9faffee8f51d038ed49bb7b913445faa5804a04789739b9c69/APC_0555-Edit-2.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3535ad08920d8d5e72c99217cd9876f585b4d5af18c8d6b3972c4012204bf5b/APC_0556-Edit-2.jpg" data-mid="251926884" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3535ad08920d8d5e72c99217cd9876f585b4d5af18c8d6b3972c4012204bf5b/APC_0556-Edit-2.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7d329ae85ec22ed3636bb9420703d84adbde2d1989ef17fe4d0e951fe802bda/Image_20250331_0005.jpg" data-mid="251926868" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7d329ae85ec22ed3636bb9420703d84adbde2d1989ef17fe4d0e951fe802bda/Image_20250331_0005.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fa042d70331fbb3d3fb80c95253ccefd4ba1bcfa81389c51c046bf0ce78df49/Image_20250331_0006.jpg" data-mid="251926872" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9fa042d70331fbb3d3fb80c95253ccefd4ba1bcfa81389c51c046bf0ce78df49/Image_20250331_0006.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/79d6bcc16bbff60d7c5bb921e059fc7165f5687904614cf1cad9904aff0a8819/Image_20250331_0007.jpg" data-mid="251926870" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/79d6bcc16bbff60d7c5bb921e059fc7165f5687904614cf1cad9904aff0a8819/Image_20250331_0007.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dec4de85cdd4e6e6289b98bb3ca203fedc225c2ad2e8d76e9e72f929777d3913/Image_20250331_0009.jpg" data-mid="251926873" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dec4de85cdd4e6e6289b98bb3ca203fedc225c2ad2e8d76e9e72f929777d3913/Image_20250331_0009.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/563cc69481bedf37a34a78ec4b12d993a362fa3700e2a8bc3219aa3c7ab47fca/Image_20250331_0012.jpg" data-mid="251926877" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/563cc69481bedf37a34a78ec4b12d993a362fa3700e2a8bc3219aa3c7ab47fca/Image_20250331_0012.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cdd9f9f75599de7e010ac12a13c83557e19145d6a01a0f8d75566a2a0ea40a49/Image_20250331_0013.jpg" data-mid="251926875" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cdd9f9f75599de7e010ac12a13c83557e19145d6a01a0f8d75566a2a0ea40a49/Image_20250331_0013.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86ba2565c46c2384b5d7d8e3f2233ff1e2483ae27a3e08e28fc2e1d5f0946742/Image_20250331_0011.jpg" data-mid="251926874" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86ba2565c46c2384b5d7d8e3f2233ff1e2483ae27a3e08e28fc2e1d5f0946742/Image_20250331_0011.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42495e6ef3879310321e63af20c236d23576cfe37cf043d574d72122afa84dac/Image_20250331_0014.jpg" data-mid="251926879" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42495e6ef3879310321e63af20c236d23576cfe37cf043d574d72122afa84dac/Image_20250331_0014.jpg" /> 24–09–2024 https://sofiaquimbo.com/Puppet-1 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:29:37 +0000 Sofia Ella Quimbo https://sofiaquimbo.com/Puppet-1 Puppet I used repurposed and recycled materials salvaged from old projects to make this puppet. It is a meditation on the word ‘manipulate.’ What does it mean to ‘manipulate’ something? What feelings does it inspire: indifference, caution, fear, delight? It depends. ‘Manipulate’ can assume a negative connotation in politics or advertising, but it takes on a more benign meaning in design or engineering to describe the ways humans tinker and modify.Minky fur, Belgian linen, Posca paint markers, wooden dowels, nylon string, Poly-fil 12 x 4 in <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07d30ca4cc95d44abc1de9af7cb220ee7afb2abdbf9983411356caabe5375e8c/Edited-20250913_20231207-IMG_0010.jpg" data-mid="251927580" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07d30ca4cc95d44abc1de9af7cb220ee7afb2abdbf9983411356caabe5375e8c/Edited-20250913_20231207-IMG_0010.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5dbf512d29c340a19418987e4852bfd8f12f99e6a756738ea91eade170206f8e/Edited-20250913_20231207-IMG_0029_02.jpg" data-mid="251927581" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5dbf512d29c340a19418987e4852bfd8f12f99e6a756738ea91eade170206f8e/Edited-20250913_20231207-IMG_0029_02.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5dc24b28305d050e4ca2c33bc92672931e052cc92b3b06b3be1c6145dd98fbd7/Edited-20250913_20231207-IMG_0024.jpg" data-mid="251927582" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5dc24b28305d050e4ca2c33bc92672931e052cc92b3b06b3be1c6145dd98fbd7/Edited-20250913_20231207-IMG_0024.jpg" /> 2023