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• So how do you make a Debbie Palao?
Two parts artist (freehand, starting with human figures and segueing into furniture),
two parts accountant (pre-law, pre-selected by a father), two parts precociousness and adventure (one steadily raises the influence of the other), and three parts hard work
(eight days a week, for as long as memory holds). Stir in a warm heart with lots of inspiration, and pair with a strong shot of Gus.

• How is a Debbie Palao best taken?
A Debbie is best taken with a bit of expectation for the unexpected. It means looking beyond furniture frame and texture to see wood and leaf and grove; it means touching
fine weaving and feeling a hand, the hand of the Maker. It means encountering a chair
or a table, and stumbling upon a friend.

• How are the “parts” of a Debbie special?
Artist.An eye for perceiving forms and understanding the swirls of colour in the natural materials at hand, recreating such material into something different without losing its innate beauty. A natural talent which can draw out a story from texture, harmony from steel and wood, a chair from a single, simple shape. [»]