Bat Trang artisans create cat pottery collection to welcome Year of Cat 2023

Sketching the design for the products.

Artisan Vuong The Cuong working on a cat pottery product.

All steps of the crafting process are done manually.

Each sample in the collection has many sophisticated details, requiring great patience, skill and meticulousness from artisans.

Bat Trang villagers are busy delivering the last batch of the products to the market.

The ceramic pieces are coated with enamel before being fired in a kiln at 1,200C.

The fired ceramic will then be applied with layers of gold lustre.

This final step will define the colours of the final products.

The crafting of each product goes through 12 delicate stages, requiring 60 continuous working days.