Bat Trang artisans create cat pottery collection to welcome Year of Cat 2023
Updated: 11:29, 11/01/2023
Artisans in Hanoi’s Bat Trang pottery village have created a collection of cat-shaped pottery products, to welcome the New Year 2023 – the Year of the Cat.
Three samples of the collection. |
Sketching the design for the products. |
Artisan Vuong The Cuong working on a cat pottery product. |
All steps of the crafting process are done manually. |
Each sample in the collection has many sophisticated details, requiring great patience, skill and meticulousness from artisans. |
Bat Trang villagers are busy delivering the last batch of the products to the market. |
The ceramic pieces are coated with enamel before being fired in a kiln at 1,200C. |
The fired ceramic will then be applied with layers of gold lustre. |
This final step will define the colours of the final products. |
The crafting of each product goes through 12 delicate stages, requiring 60 continuous working days. |
Source: NDO
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