Vietnamese lacquerware

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• MAKING LACQUERWARE

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• The traditional Vietnamese lacquerware process
  practiced in Vietnam is quite complicated and can
  take up to 4 months to finish just one piece.
  Even a simple tray takes a minimum of 75 days.

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• The Silk lamp base made from fibreboard is
  examined and any cracks or indentations are
  sealed with lacquer from the native lacquer tree
  (rhus seccedanea" tree) found in Phu Tho Province.

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• After checking that the lacquer has not affected
  the intended shape of the item, the product is
  covered with fine cotton gauze to ensure that
  there will be no cracking at a later stage.

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• Next, the piece is covered with a thick coating
  which is a mixture of natural lacquer, finely
  ground mountain rock, sawdust and alluvial soil.

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• When this coating has dried, the product is
  placed under water and sanded.

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• The base is left to dry and then the process of
  applying lacquer, sanding and drying will
  repeated at least fourteen times, thats why is
  takes so long to make just one piece.

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• The lacquerware is given a final hand polish to
  enhance its lustrous, glassy sheen.

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• Here an artist paints a lamp base in Van Gogh
  style before applying 14 coats of clear lacquer.

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• The craftsman carefully applies broken eggshell
  before the coats of clear lacquer are applied.

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• After over 75 days of making the lacquerware, it
  is carefully packed ready to be shipped to
  waiting overseas customers.

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