Vàng Lá
Lacquer painting (sơn mài)·Đa Kao
Lacquer does not let you hurry. The city could learn from it.
Vàng Lá trained in traditional lacquer and still works the slow way: a layer, then drying, then sanding, sometimes for months. She uses gold leaf and crushed eggshell, and paints quiet scenes of the city at night.
- Tools
- Lacquer, gold leaf, eggshell
- Favourite hour
- Evening, when the studio is quiet
- Usually found
- Đa Kao, District 1
WITH PASAPOT
Drawn for Bakolan
A glass, a slow ribbon of smoke and a leather chair, in black lacquer and gold.
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