Đồ đồng trang trí · Decorative bronze · Edition of 10
Lotus-bud candle holders, pair
Đúc đồng — bronze cast in sand; the lotus bud is the form the village has cast for altar lamps for centuries.
Nguyễn Văn Sơn
The lotus bud the village cast for temple lamps, brought down to the scale of a dinner table: two holders cast in sand before dawn, the petals chased by hand, the surface darkened with the village’s own patina.
For a table, a mantel, an evening.
- Materials
- Bronze, village patina
- Technique
- Sand-cast; chased; patinated
- Dimensions
- Ø 9 × 18 cm each · Ø 3.5 × 7.1 in · 1.4 kg the pair
- Edition
- Edition of 10 · Signed and sealed
- Made
- Đại Bái, Gia Bình · 2026
The making
Six weeks, in four movements
A small casting takes the same morning of fire as a large one.
I
The mould
Sand and clay around the bud form, dried for two weeks.
II
The pour
Before dawn; the moulds broken.
III
The chasing
Petals cut into the surface with small chisels.
IV
The patina
Darkened and left to deepen.
From the same village
