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In the ancient silk village of Van Phuc, textile artists with disabilities are preserving traditional art forms and saving the planet while making cool t-shirts with scraps of discarded fabric. Vun Art co-founder Le Viet Cuong showed us around the workshop.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Phuc village is known as the oldest silk village in Vietnam<\/a>. Its reputation stretches back to the 13th century and its name is still synonymous with quality weaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just 10 kilometres from central Hanoi, it\u2019s a great place for a daytrip if you\u2019re in the capital. Its laneways are festooned with bright umbrellas and its shopfronts are brilliant with silk products of all kinds. But while Van Phuc is a place that\u2019s steeped in tradition, it\u2019s also a hub of creativity and innovation thanks to the team at Vun Art<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the leftover fabric helps the environment and is helping our students and workers here also.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Co-founded by Le Viet Cuong in 2017, Vun Art is a social enterprise that trains and employs people with disabilities to make handicrafts and apparel using discarded fragments of Van Phuc silk. And there\u2019s no shortage of fragments. It\u2019s estimated that Van Phuc village discards around 10,000 kilograms of silk scraps each month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018It\u2019s a problem with the village here, how to use all this leftover silk,\u2019 says Mr Cuong. \u2018Using the leftover fabric helps the environment and is helping our students and workers here also.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The signature Vun Art style sees Vietnamese folk-painting designs reimagined and repurposed with silk fragments using collage techniques. The artists make handicrafts, postcards, paintings, t-shirts, wallets, purses and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team is proud of the work they\u2019re doing to preserve Vietnamese folk designs in the 21st century. \u2018It\u2019s one of the things that makes Vun Art a success,\u2019 says Mr Cuong with pride.  \u2018It\u2019s the creativity and the people. One of our creative ideas is our t-shirt, with this traditional picture on the back.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s one of the things that makes Vun Art a success \u2026 It\u2019s the creativity and the people.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above all, for Mr Cuong, the non-profit Vun Art model is about enabling people with disabilities to upgrade their skills, live independently, find artistic expression, make friends and engage in meaningful work. In Vietnam \u2013 as elsewhere in the world \u2013 there are still too many barriers for disabled people seeking jobs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Cuong lives with disability himself and says the struggle to find employment can really affect people\u2019s confidence and quality of life. \u2018It makes people really shy,\u2019 he says. \u2018With this project, it helps to have a job, build confidence, and have an income so disabled people can be living by themselves and don’t need to always rely on support from family.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vun Art has come a long way in a short time. In the earliest days, Mr Cuong personally walked around neighbourhoods, knocking on doors, trying to convince people to come to train or work with him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vun Art now has two workshops and they\u2019ve enhanced the range and quality of their products, too. With the support of clients, community and partners \u2013 including the Intrepid Foundation \u2013 the talented Vun Art team have been able to build a thriving upcycling enterprise that breaks down stereotypes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018It\u2019s a win-win,\u2019 says Mr Cuong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, Vun Art is a thriving upcycling enterprise that breaks down stereotypes and celebrates Vietnamese artistic traditions. So technically, it\u2019s a win-win-win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vun Art is a partner of The Intrepid Foundation. You can learn more about this organisation and their efforts here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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