BayaniJuan’s Paper Shell Collection
It is hard to believe that the beads used to create these items were handcrafted from pages of glossy magazines. The beads are beautiful and elegant, very similar to the Philippine seashells where they were patterned from. No, BayaniJuan is not a manufacturing company exporting Philippine handicrafts abroad. They are more than that. Located in Calauan, Laguna, BayaniJuan is a community composed of families that were relocated from informal settlements along Estero de Paco, those from Marikina and Pasig who lost their homes to typhoon Ondoy and those previously relocated by the National Housing Authority.