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

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

After reparing the cracks on the bottom of the pots with fresh clay, the potters, Võ Thị Sương, continues to smooth the outside of the pot with her bamboo tool.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Q35

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

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

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Sau khi xử lý các vết nứt ở đáy nồi bằng đất sét tươi, người thợ gốm Võ Thị Sương tiếp tục làm nhẵn phía bên ngoài nồi bằng dụng cụ bằng tre của mình.

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

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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-Q35-0186