Roughing out the body of the pots in Quế An village

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

The potter, Võ Thị Sương, is roughing out the body of the pot by squashing a coil on her left hand on the edge of the bottom. She just finished the first round. This step of the process is the same for all types of the final product.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Q23

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Làm nhám thành nồi, ở làng Quế An

Description alt

Người thợ gốm Võ Thị Sương đang làm nhám thân nồi bằng cách dùng tay trái ấn một cuộn dây vào mép đáy nồi. Bà vừa mới kết thúc vòng đầu tiên. Bước này của quy trình là giống nhau đối với tất cả các loại sản phẩm cuối cùng.

Cultural group

Kinh

Participants

Võ Thị Sương

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Quế An, Quế Sơn district, Quảng Nam Province

Item/object

pot

Techniques of production

Pottery – coiling by spreading

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 steps comes right after the roughing out of the bottom. The potter then smooths the inside and evens the thickness of the wall with her thumb and index. Then, if it’s a small pot she will start the roughing out of the mouth. If it is a bigger pot, she will add a second coil on top of this one.

Date of creation

2023-05-03

Unique ID

2020SG03-Q23-0099