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Photo: Khanh, Hai Dong
A year ago, Siemreap was the first destination in our journey to survey craft villages in Cambodia for the Sadec District project that was about to launch. When we saw the plates - which Sadec District later called jean pottery - in a local pottery showroom, our exact feeling at that time was ecstasy. Shabby, innocent, rustic, and handmade. The deep blue glaze color was eye-catching. In particular, the ceramic skin was patterned with strong, modern jean fabric.
The local potters work with the most primitive tools, even the tools for carving pottery are bicycle spokes and broken saw blades. Not everything is available here, the tools must be homemade. The products are made one by one, carrying the emotions and mood of the craftsman. Dozens of plates of the same size cannot be stacked on top of each other because of the differences in depth, roundness and shape.
Chiang Mai Highlands has a brilliant pottery industry with a history of 3,600 years according to archaeological sites. Among dozens of pottery lines, Chiang Mai pottery is proud to be different because of the sharp sophistication, the discreet craftsmanship of the patterns hidden under the modern look of the shape and glaze color.
In addition to ceramics, other handicraft products from craft villages along the Mekong River are gathered in Sadec District, becoming more and more diverse and unique every day. Rattan, bamboo, glass leaves from Vietnam. Wood and metal from Thailand. Textile fibers from Cambodia, Laos…
Each product from Sadec District present on your dining table, in your home, brings you a little joy, a new inspiration.
Sadec District
