Mây tre cói đan · Rattan, bamboo & sedge · Edition of 8
Set of three nesting trays, mat weave
Đan nong — the mat weave, the simplest and tightest pattern of Phú Vinh, one strand over and one under.
Nguyễn Thị Lan
Three trays in the mat weave — one over, one under, counted from the centre outward — in cane Lan splits herself, finer than the men do. The rims are bamboo, bent over steam and bound to the body.
For bread, for fruit, for the things that gather on a table. They nest, and they will darken from honey to amber with the years.
- Materials
- Hand-split rattan, bamboo rims
- Technique
- Mat weave, three sizes nested
- Dimensions
- Ø 36, 30 and 24 cm · 2.5 cm deep · 0.7 kg the set
- Edition
- Edition of 8 · Signed and sealed
- Made
- Phú Vinh, Chương Mỹ · 2026
The making
Three weeks, in four movements
The simplest pattern in the village is also the one that shows every mistake; the weave has nowhere to hide.
I
The cane
Split by knife along the fibre; dried in the courtyard sun.
II
The centre
Each tray begun from a cross of strands and counted outward.
III
The weave
One over, one under, the tension held in the hands for hours.
IV
The rims
Bamboo bent over steam and bound; the three left a week to settle into one another.
From the same village
