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Tung & Viet Ceramics X Kinta
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Tung & Viet Ceramics X Kinta
The Tung & Viet Studio is located in the pottery village of Bàt Tráng outside Hanoi, Vietnam. Tung and Viet are the youngest generation to lead an old family pottery, which has existed for more than 8 generations, to the 21st century. They are very ambitious and work on continuing a long craft tradition combined with vision for the future. Fair trade is central to this.
Tung & Viet Ceramics studio near Hanoi, Vietnam partner with Kinta, an authentic, refined and faritrade interior homeware importer that collaborate with them to make accessories in a responsible and sustainable way. Kinta's collab with this diligent tableware studio yields beautiful pieces. They design these stylish and ethical pieces together and all are hand thrown at the workshop studios. We meet with Kinta each year to choose from the range.
Tung & Viet's studio has recently been renovated; it is orderly, clean and has well-lit and well-ventilated spaces for production. Apart from the family, it is also the nearby farmers who work here when farming is less busy. Production therefore does not always go fast, especially around harvest time! The Kinta team make numerous visits to Vietnam to check all conditions and production regularly and work on new designs.
Tung & Viet Ceramics X Kinta
About Tung & Viet's ceramics
All vessels are handmade in their diligent tableware studio including the stylish Cyl and Rutunda cups and plates. They are hand thrown in a modern, minamilist design, where part of the stoneware is left exposed against the glossy glaze to add to the user's tactile experience.
Tung & Viet use local resources and mix the non-toxic, food-safe colour glazes themselves. The pieces are carefully made from stoneware clay, and are robust, microwave and dishwasher proof. The glazes are so colourful and so full of nuaces and character, but it is the thrown shapes and the matte stoneware clay that we find so appealing; you know when a piece is beautiful if you find yourself gazing at it in admiration.
