"Origami Carabao" reimagines the Philippine national animal—an enduring symbol of labor and resilience—as a fragile origami form, rendered in vivid blue against a striking yellow field. The carabao, traditionally a beast of burden, here becomes a paper construct: delicate yet deliberate, folded with precision yet vulnerable to collapse.

Origami, a traditionally Japanese art form, layered onto a Filipino symbol, serves as a subtle commentary on cultural entanglement—suggesting how imposed identities, imperial histories, and borrowed traditions are reinterpreted through the hands of those who bear them. Origami Carabao asks: What happens when strength must bend, not break? What stories emerge when we’re shaped by forces beyond our control, yet still choose to stand?