What’s Nonwoven Fabric?

Nonwoven fabric is a new fabric-like material that is quite popular. The name comes to be as it is neither knitted or woven, unlike other ordinary fabrics.Nonwoven fabric are composed of synthetic resin particles and some recycled components depending on the purpose. The particles are stretched into long fibers, which are then bonded together using chemical, mechanical, heat or solvent treatment to create light and porous sheets. This method allows using materials of different kinds and sizes. Nonwoven fabrics have many useful features. They are absorbent, soft and smooth, airy, elastic, durable and hypoallergenic. In natural environment, they decompose fast so they are eco-friendly. […]

Handicrafts’ Characteristics

Cultural Unlike industrial production, handicrafts rely on the skillful and creative craftsmanship. The items, besides being applicable, bear in themselves the unique local spirit. The cultural content in handicrafts are, therefore, much more appreciated compared to large scale factory-made goods. They reflect vividly the culture, ideology and society of the time they are made. We can in some way understand the Era of the great king Hung Vuong through the bronze drums of Dong Son or Ngoc Lu cultures. In the modern days, handicrafts with decorative patterns of Vietnamese culture, history and legends have been exported broadly to other countries, […]

Differences Between Synthetic, Marble And Granite Stone

Synthetic stone’s characteristics Made from natural rock minerals and acrylic glue, synthetic stone has high stiffness, resistant to surrounding impacts, and therefore is often used for what are frequently affected like kitchen table, staircase, or table top. Being a combination of synthetic materials, additives and coloring element, synthetic stone has the widest variety of colors, from monotone to …, twinkling … and grain. This is its advantage against natural stones. If you seek am outstanding appearance for your space, then synthetic stone is a good option, for there are many vibrant colors to choose from like red, orange or green, […]

Differences Between Bat Trang And Chinese Ceramics

There are some certain similarities between Bat Trang ceramics and Chinese ceramics products as follow: Materials: white kaolin and red clay. Basic stages in the production process: rough shaping, refining, decorating, glazing and firing. However, they have fundamental differences, some of which may even affect users’ health. The details are shown in the table below. Aspects Bat Trang ceramics Chinese ceramics Temperature Products are fired at high temperature from 1200 to 1300 degrees Celcius, generating high stiffness and eliminating all toxins, making them safe for users. Products are fired at less than 1000 degrees Celcius, meaning toxins have not been […]

Vietnamese Ceramics

Traditional pottery has existed in Vietnam since six to seven thousand years ago. Ceramics are present at sites of Hoa Binh, Bac Son, Ha Long Culture. They achieved much development in the later eras. According to legend, the appearance of pottery wares was a sacred mystery. They believed that ceramics were a kind of power lying deep under the ground, where they are guarded by the devils, that retrieving them could only be done on a good day, and that powder would only turn into ceramics when it was raised to the surface and exposed to the bright sunlight. Ceramics lines […]

Pieced Wood

Pieced wood is made mainly of wood from planted forest. Wood strips are processed with advanced technology and machines. Wood is sawn, shaved, milled, joined, pressed, rubbed and finally coated. Pieced panels are used widely in carpentry, interior decoration, flooring manufacture and many other furniture products. There are 4 ways to assemble wood strips: parallel, surface, side and corner. Parallel laminated wood consists of wood strips that are of the same length, while their width can be different. For surface laminated wood, short strips are connected by teeth shaped at their ends to make equally long strips, which are then joined […]

Hinoki Wood – Japanese Spirit

Japanese traditional wood There are documents indicating that Hinoki wood has been used, along with other types of wood, since the Joumon period and became popular in the Yayoi period. Being nice, durable and easy to work with, Hinoki wood has been widely used in architecture, furniture, Buddhist statues, round objects, etc. One of the most celebrated Hinoki wooden structures is the Horyuji Temple in Nara, built more than 1300 years ago, which has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. To name a popular round object of the Japanese, it probably is Wappa, a round lunch box made […]

Vietnamese Rattan And Bamboo Woven Wares

Materials Main materials for this handicraft of Vietnam include rattan and bamboo species (tre, giang, nua, lo o), hence the name. They all have natural origin, thus are environmentally friendly and safe for users. Nowadays, the sources of material for rattan and bamboo woven wares are mostly distributed in the northern mountainous area such as Hoa Binh, Son La, and Dien Bien. The advantage of being ‘available in nature’ is now becoming rather a disadvantage, as one of the difficulties that craft villages face is the dependence on material sources, which can be unstable. The woven products sell well, but the […]