What these carvers-turned-chefs are sculpting is something even more valuable | via FnBReport
Food carving is an art not many are lucky to exercise since it requires attention to detail, control, vivid imagination, and tons of patience. Fortunately, for many people in Paete, Laguna, these disciplines have been instilled in them since they were young. It is the carving capital of the Philippines, after all. Similar paths Mel Avino and Edgar Davac Edgar Davac was 10 years old when his father started getting him involved in their family’s wood carving business.
One of the best ice carvers in Paete is a guy named Nelson Abcede who has had just one functioning hand since birth. There’s also a female carver who has outlasted the best of the guys in a competition. Carving is no easy feat. You need to have an eye for detail, steady hands, focus, the ability to scale in your mind, and most of all, “heart and determination,” says Davac. “Samahan nyo ng pagmamahal para mas maganda ang kalalabasan niyan. Para mabigyan mo ng buhay ang obra mo.
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