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Surface treatment in Quế An village : repairing crack(1/3)

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:37 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen
The potter, Võ Thị Sương, is smoothing the outside of the pot with water and a bamboo tool. However, the bottom of the pot cracked dring the drying. She adds some fresh clay to repair the crack and smoothes it with her fingers.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Q35

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Xử lý bề mặt, tại làng Quế An: xử lý các vết nứt (1/3)

Description alt

Người thợ gốm Võ Thị Sương đang làm nhẵn phía ngoài chiếc nồi bằng nước và một dụng cụ bằng tre. Tuy nhiên đáy nồi đã bị nứt trong quá trình phơi khô. Bà ấy đắp thêm một ít đất sét tươi để xử lý vết nứt và làm phẳng nó bằng ngón tay.

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 – smoothing (leather-hard clay)

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 last step of making pots. After smoothing, the pots are let to dry completely, for at least a week. Then they are fired.

Date of creation

2023-09-21

Unique ID

2020SG03-Q35-0184

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