Aj Tabino
Calligraphy & Calligraffiti
Aj is a Cebu-based calligraphy artist. Her calligraphy usually cultivates a modern approach and while she knows how to write in different disciplines, her first love would always be blackletter or gothic. She divulged herself into street art which geared her towards Calligraffiti. Being one of the few women who practice Calligraffiti, she became 1 of the 50 International Calligraffiti Ambassadors. She also co-founded the pioneering Calligraffiti crew in the Philippines, Stroke, whose aim is to widen the art of Calligraffiti.
Doing calligraphy has also led her to work with companies like Unilever, Alveo Ayala Land, Scribe, iFex, Zig, New Era, TUF, Gawad Kalinga, and ABS-CBN. Her recent venture was becoming a book contributor to a hand lettering and calligraphy book authored by best-seller Abbey Sy. To this day, she works as a freelance calligraphy artist who still enjoys developing her craft. She sees herself as a developing, eclectic artist. She embraces the idea that letters would always be a part of her life and that they should be celebrated in every beautiful (or messy) way possible.