VUN ART'S DIRECTOR LE VIET CUONG:
THE ONE WHO MAKES DISABLED PEOPLE'S ASPIRATIONS COME TRUE
By Tran Hai
By Tran Hai
16 Jan, 2021
Efforts to create employment opportunities for persons with disabilities
Mr. Le Viet Cuong was born a healthy boy, but he developed a high fever at the age of one and has been paralyzed on his left side ever since. It needed ten orthopedic surgeries to equalize the length of his legs. Despite the challenges he faced in life, he never gave in to fate. He has worked at the Central Acupuncture Hospital for 14 years while attempting to graduate from Hanoi University of Science and Technology. This is also the time when he gains experience before building the first stuffed animal factory in his neighborhood in 2013, which will provide work for persons with impairments.
Mr. Cuong opened a second workshop to create handicrafts with bits of silk from Van Phuc craft village five years later, seeing that the development direction of stuffed animals is difficult. It's the "Vun Art" Cooperative, which operates under the motto "We are individuals with disabilities, but the product cannot be impaired." Observing my fascination with the name ""I believe that each disabled person is like a small piece of garbage," Mr. Cuong remarked. Thanks to the community's and society's assistance as "glue" that links us together like a large piece of fabric on which we can write our own dreams."
Vun Art, according to Mr. Cuong, is a place where 20 persons with disabilities, mostly women, may get together to manufacture goods out of Van Phuc silk. Vun Art began by manufacturing canvas paintings, then grew to include canvas bags, painting kits, and T-shirts. On make a painting, first choose the fabric, then filter it, iron and press it before gluing it to the cover. During the training process, Vun Art will examine each person with a disability to choose appropriate professions that make the most of their talents. Van Phuc employs the diligent, precise, and skilled hands of the employees to create distinctive and colorful products, bold and bold. artistry, from remnants of Van Phuc silk fabric that appear to be no longer worth utilizing. If you know how to use it, a rejected piece of cloth can be transformed into a work of art. People with impairments, too, may add enormous value to this life if they are placed in the correct situation and allowed to fully utilize their strengths.
"Previously, bits of silk that couldn't be used in things like clothing or towels would have been considered waste and thrown away." Vu, on the other hand, has cleverly cut and pasted on his items, reducing the amount of waste from silk and helping to restrict waste into the environment. We use Van Phuc's silk scraps to help sustain and grow this traditional hamlet, allowing many domestic and international clients to learn about the well-known Vietnamese silk village that has been there for a long time." Vun Art Cooperative's director shared.
Mr. Cuong claims that he came up with the idea of composing silk paintings after seeing the abundance of waste silk in the village. The model is folk art. He aspires to create jobs, better the lives of individuals in similar situations, and preserve traditional values like silk and folk art. But things aren't easy; according to him, the silk mosaic business is very small. Despite the fact that his factory has paid close attention to quality and affordability, the amount of goods transported is small. The factory's operations were nearly halted, and the output of this product line was severely reduced. He did not, however, give up and was continually trying to find a new path.
Later, a close buddy from the first model provided him a new perspective on printing photographs on other products including silk-patterned t-shirts, tote bags (a sort of bag manufactured from eco-friendly canvas), wallets, and children's picture kits. In addition, Vun Art provides visitor and student experience services. Visitors can visit Van Phuc silk village to learn how to create products, gain a better understanding of Vietnamese culture, and help to resurrect a long-forgotten silk.
People with disabilities must be able to live independently.
It takes a lot of skill and searching for the Van Phuc silk pieces connected to the product to preserve their intrinsic fresh color, not peel off, and be washed several times. Despite many setbacks, Mr. Cuong was able to find a particular glue that meets all of the above criteria after nearly a year, thanks to the introduction and dedicated assistance of many friends. Mr. Cuong explained, "The glue that makes the product quality is also the glue that develops the link between Vun Art and his buddies."
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