VUN ART: TOWARDS THE 'GREEN FUTURE'
FROM SCRAPS OF CLOTH
By Trieu Vy - Tran Hai
By Trieu Vy - Tran Hai
22 August 2021
“A scrap of fabric will contribute to an artistic picture if placed in the right place. A person with a disability can also contribute his wonderful qualities to beautify his life if he finds his or her right position” - that is the meaning of the birth of the Vun Art cooperative, which is also the The message that each person with disabilities here wants to convey to everyone through each of their products
The Happy pieces of silk
Founded by people with disabilities, Vụn Art Cooperative (Van Phuc Ward, Ha Dong District, Hanoi City) has been operating for more than 4 years and has become a solid support for many unfortunate circumstances. Vụn Art is both the home of the majority of unfortunate people with disabilities, as well as a place to contribute to environmental protection, spreading a green lifestyle to the community.
In order to have a Vụn Art Cooperative like today, Mr. Le Viet Cuong, the Director himself, found a teacher to learn the technique of making canvas paintings, skillfully using raw materials from excess fabric and rags in workshops.
After becoming proficient, he began to mobilize people to train on a larger scale. Being a disabled person himself, Mr. Cuong sympathizes with the difficulties of people like him, especially in finding a job. Therefore, Vụn Art Cooperative is a loving home, creating jobs and stable income for people with disabilities.
When asked why he chose the name "Vụn", he said: "I chose the name "rubbish" with the meaning: Each disabled person is like a small piece of rag cloth, thanks to the support of the government and the community. Like the glue that binds us together into a larger piece, when we make a big piece of cloth, on that cloth we will draw our dream. At that time, it is no longer a small "crumb".
The working environment
Every day, young people with disabilities still use their hands meticulously with each small piece of fabric, cut, graft, glue..., forming large and small pictures, cloth bags ... bold Vietnamese culture . From the folk paintings of Dong Ho, Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam, Ho Guom... all have profound cultural and humanistic meanings.
In a room about twenty square meters, more than a dozen people are cutting and pasting, attaching tiny pieces of silk to create a colorful picture of a lion dancing on the moon on a canvas bag. It is not simply fabric grafting, in order to make a product, it has to go through a lot of meticulous and elaborate stages, requiring the grafter to have all skills, techniques, good artistic eyes and hands. skillful.
Recycle clothing – the environments protection
In Vietnam, the textile and garment industry is thriving with great economic benefits. However, the problem of industrial waste treatment, mainly rags, from textile factories is still stopping at collection and burial, threatening the living environment.
Realizing the positive effects that Vun Art brings to the environment, many garment factories have actively transported rags here. Materials for the production of canvas paintings, canvas bags are usually felt, environmentally friendly.
In addition, regular activities such as making canvas mosaics, making brocade bags, cutting and pasting pictures... for the children also contribute to practice ingenuity and convey to everyone the message of protection. environmental protection, towards a 'green future'.
In addition, regular activities such as making canvas mosaics, making brocade bags, cutting and pasting pictures... for the children also contribute to practice ingenuity and convey to everyone the message of protection. environmental protection, towards a 'green future'.
Currently, Vun Art has signed a contract with a company to bring visitors to Vinh Phuc silk village to experience for international tourists, which is also a way for more people to know about Van Phuc silk. Vun Art creates folk art painting lines, as well as other items that may be used in everyday life, such as painting on bags and making cultural experience tours... The children's canvas puzzle set, in particular, is regarded as promising since it teaches kids the value of repurposing abandoned objects, sharing kindness, and being precise, careful.
PR Department _ Vụn Art
Mr. Luong Trieu Vy - Mr. Nguyen Tran Hai
(+84) 902 400 201 - (+84) 9876 543 210
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