Designer Vu Thao likes to call them, the women who make handmade fabrics, `artisans`.
Unique artisans
Each craft community in Vietnam has its own nuance.
“The beeswax painting technique of the Green H’Mong people in Hoa Binh has quite interesting points.
The fabric maker’s mark
Ms. Thao sees the artist’s mark through the `charm` of the fabric from surface to pattern: `Handcraft operations are highly individual.
“Is this our fabric?”
Ms. Vu Thao remembers the first time she sent a photo of her design for a beeswax-patterned dress by Kilomet 109 to a group of artisans after two months of successful testing.
“The women texted in shock: “Is this our fabric?”, “Really?
“I am of course very happy to receive such reactions from the people who made the material.