Forming the body of a cooking pot by pressing it out in Quế An village

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:37 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen

After letting dry the pots for a few hours, Võ Thị Sương puts them back on her turntable to round off the wall by putting pressure on the inside with her hands.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Q32

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Tạo hình phần thân nồi bằng cách làm phình thành nồi

Description alt

Sau khi phơi khô nồi trong một vài giờ, Võ Thị Sương đặt chúng trở lại bàn xoay để làm tròn thành nồi bằng cách dùng tay làm phình thành nồi.

Cultural group

Kinh

Participants

Võ Thị Sương

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Quế An, Quế Sơn district, Quảng Nam Province

Item/object

Cooking pot (nồi)

Techniques of production

Pottery – preforming by pushing

Materials

Mineral-clay, Ceramic-pottery

Materials alt

Đất sét (vietnamese for clay), Đất núng (vietnamese for pottery ; literal. "earth cooked")

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Workshop

Temporality

This is the first step of the preforming on leather-hard clay. It takes place after the pots have dried for a bit. Afterwards, the pots are let to dry longer before the second step (scraping)

Date of creation

2023-09-21

Unique ID

2020SG03-Q32-0175