Julia Villamonte is a weaver and designer based in Milan, born and raised in the Bicol region of the Philippines, where she learned traditional weaving from generations of women makers. 

Working under the name Fili, she explores the relationship between material, place, and cultural memory through natural fibers such as abaca and rattan. Her work transforms woven plant materials into soft, intuitive forms that travel between purpose and sculpture.  

Naturally dyed fibers are woven onto hand-collected stones from the Danish landscape and the Italian terrain, creating a connection between material, place, and making. 

Each object reflects an ongoing dialogue between craft traditions, material experimentation, and contemporary life.