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Finishing pots : smoothing outside with water (2/2)

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:36 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen
The potter Võ Thị Sương is smoothing the outside of the cooking pots. She first re-humidify the surface with her hand then rubs the surface with a blunt bamboo tool (cái khót). At the end of the video, her hsband joins her to scrape the outside of the pots to round the bottom.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Q35

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Hoàn thiện nồi gốm: làm láng bên ngoài bằng nước (2/2)

Description alt

Người thợ nhân gốm Võ Thị Sương đang làm láng bên ngoài nồi nấu. Đầu tiên bà ấy dùng tay làm ẩm lại mặt ngoài sau đó chà xát bề mặt bằng một dụng cụ bằng tre cùn ( cái khót ). ở cuối video, chồng bà ấy cùng tham gia cạo mặt ngoài nồi để làm tròn đáy.

Cultural group

Kinh

Participants

Võ Thị Sương, Giang Ngọc Xanh

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

Intent

The water re-moistens the walls. The clay particles on the surface become mobile again and lodge in the small cavity created by the scraping.

Date of creation

2023-09-21

Unique ID

2020SG03-Q35-0238

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