22/10/2026
Serendipity: How I met Inday Cadapan sometime in 1995 I was walking in Mile Long, the mini mall along Amorsolo St. in Legaspi Vilage. I was just window shopping and I chanced upon a wooden sculpture by an artist I did not know. Interestingly enough, I was drawn to the piece and had asked the shop owner, Magel, to bring the piece out of the shop so I can appreciate it better. I looked at the piece from all angles. I had a feeling that it was talking to me, asking me to bring it home.
I went back in the shop and purchased the "working man". Only then did I ask who the sculptor was, what other pieces she created and in the process get as much background information on her. This was my first introduction to the works of Inday Cadapan. Serendipity led me to her work and to her. As the years went by, I've learned much about Inday. Mostly through the stories from her daughter, Magel, through articles in magazines, in newspapers and also through talking to Inday herself.
Most of the works of Inday that I own are her wooden sculptures. These pieces are usually made of rare Philippine hardwood called molave. I've always been drawn to Inday's sculptures for their emotions, their strength, and sometimes their whimsical, child like look. I've recently picked up a number of her “head” sculptures which I plan to display in my office in GMA Network. Something about these faces makes you see a part of Inday... inquisitive, tranquil, suprpised, sad and mad. But that's who she is. She wears her emotions on her sleeve, letting you know if she likes you or not. Purely black and white...yes or no. No grey area and no if's, but's and maybe'. Because of her temperament she is often times misunderstood but, through her sculptures and paintings, she is able to release more of her emotions. Inday's art is distinctively Inday's.
Knowing the person better makes me realize why she sculpts or paints the images that she does. In her rests a child like person, complete with the creativity of a fruitful mind and the temperament or if you will the tempertrantrum of a 2 year old. Thus her pieces are quite simple, yet very powerful and engaging. Inday has moved on and left us 4 years ago. Though she still lives through her art and the people whom she touched dearly. I am privileged to have had the pleasure of getting to know her, both through her works and as a person.
-Joel Jimenez, GMA 7
Serendipity: How I met Inday Cadapan sometime in 1995 I was walking in Mile Long, the mini mall along Amorsolo St. in Legaspi Vilage. I was just window shopping and I chanced upon a wooden sculpture by an artist I did not know. Interestingly enough, I was drawn to the piece and had asked the shop owner, Magel, to bring the piece out of the shop so I can appreciate it better. I looked at the piece from all angles. I had a feeling that it was talking to me, asking me to bring it home.
I went back in the shop and purchased the "working man". Only then did I ask who the sculptor was, what other pieces she created and in the process get as much background information on her. This was my first introduction to the works of Inday Cadapan. Serendipity led me to her work and to her. As the years went by, I've learned much about Inday. Mostly through the stories from her daughter, Magel, through articles in magazines, in newspapers and also through talking to Inday herself.
Most of the works of Inday that I own are her wooden sculptures. These pieces are usually made of rare Philippine hardwood called molave. I've always been drawn to Inday's sculptures for their emotions, their strength, and sometimes their whimsical, child like look. I've recently picked up a number of her “head” sculptures which I plan to display in my office in GMA Network. Something about these faces makes you see a part of Inday... inquisitive, tranquil, suprpised, sad and mad. But that's who she is. She wears her emotions on her sleeve, letting you know if she likes you or not. Purely black and white...yes or no. No grey area and no if's, but's and maybe'. Because of her temperament she is often times misunderstood but, through her sculptures and paintings, she is able to release more of her emotions. Inday's art is distinctively Inday's.
Knowing the person better makes me realize why she sculpts or paints the images that she does. In her rests a child like person, complete with the creativity of a fruitful mind and the temperament or if you will the tempertrantrum of a 2 year old. Thus her pieces are quite simple, yet very powerful and engaging. Inday has moved on and left us 4 years ago. Though she still lives through her art and the people whom she touched dearly.
I am privileged to have had the pleasure of getting to know her, both through her works and as a person.
-Joel Jimenez, GMA 7
