Bulacan artist creates art from scrap slippers

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

This is what an artist in Bulacan held true, as he used discarded slippers to create colorful artworks.

Artist Mar Perez diligently pick up slippers trashed in waterways in Barangay San Pascual in Hagonoy for his mosaics, Joseph Morong reported on "24 Oras" on Friday.

He then cleans the scrap items, air dries and cuts them to small pieces.

"Dati kasi sa painting, di nabibili yung artworks ko. Kaya nag-isip ako ng ibang medium. Bakit di ko pwedeng gawing art yung tsinelas na nakikita ko rito? Dun po nagstart," Perez said.

"Wala pa rin akong nakikita sa art scene na gumagamit ng ganitong medium," he added.

Perez said art became his source of livelihood after losing his job during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.

He uses it to fund their daily needs as well as to sustain his mother's medication.

However, some buyers tend to haggle.

"Mahirap maging artist sa totoo lang kung nagsisimula ka pa lang," he added.

Still, Perez said he would not give up until he reaches his dream of making his art popular.—Sundy Locus/LDF, GMA Integrated News