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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Hinoki Wood

Japan’s Hinoki wood not only looks nice and lasts for a long time but also has a lot of characteristics that are beneficial for our health. Thus, Hinoki wood is much favored by the Japanese from generations to generations. All the way back to ancient times, Japanese royal families were favoring Hinoki in furnishing the palaces, temples and monuments, for its captivating beauty made the capital city more magnificent. Some of famous historical sites that has buildings or parts of them made of Hinoki wood include Horyuji Temple in Nara, Okuya Mansion and Okuya Kyudokan in Nagano, and Osaka Castle […]

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