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Bamboo – An Auspicious Plant For Your Home
I grew up in a home that always had a bamboo plant growing in it. My father grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with a small bamboo grove on his parent’s home property. My grandparents had lived in China for many years and always loved bamboo, so this love of bamboo was passed down to…
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About Weaving Water Hyacinth Baskets Into Home Décor Products
Water hyacinth is a weed that once clogged all the waterways around Vietnam. But despite its history, it is now considered an eco-friendly choice for weaving home decor baskets and other home decor products. Water hyacinths used to be a nuisance on the waterways around Vietnam as the water hyacinth plant grows on the water…
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What is Spun Bamboo? Using Spun Bamboo in Product Development
Spun Bamboo is an 800-year-old Vietnamese handicraft technique. Like so many home decor manufacturing techniques, spun bamboo has an interesting history and shows the Vietnamese people’s ingenuity. Spun bamboo was invented in Vietnam over 800 years ago to give a cheaper alternative to the home decor and home utensil materials that were then being used.…
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What Country Do the Hmong Come From? Hmong History, People And Culture
The Hmong, which means free, is a very independent ethnic group around Asia; the Hmong have a vibrant and exciting history. Their history and culture have now become intertwined with the country and places where they are presently living. The Hmong originally came from China, but during the late 18th Century, the Qing Dynasty started…
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20 Interesting Fun Facts About Tuk Tuks You May Not Know!
Tuk-tuk is one of those modes of transportation that many tourists love when they see tourist sites in areas with tuk-tuks available for hire. Whenever we go to Cambodia, we will hire a Tuk-tuk for the day to take us around town and even drive us to the airport. Some of the 20 interesting, fun…
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Hand-weaving Faux Rattan In Vietnam, What You Need to Know
Weaving faux rattan wicker is a production process done entirely by hand. Even today, when you go into a factory, you can see the workers weaving a piece of furniture entirely by hand. Vietnam is a significant manufacturer and weaver of faux rattan furniture and other faux rattan items; Vietnam has readily available faux rattan…
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Hand-woven Fabrics from Cambodia, History & Textiles Today
Cambodia has a long and rich history of hand-weaving fabrics, like many handicrafts in Asia. It is a tradition and skill passed down from generation to generation. Cambodia first started hand-weaving fabric in the 13th century. During the years of the Khmer Rouge era, a lot of the hand-weaving stopped production due to the political…
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Guide To Setting Up Your Color Palettes in Procreate
One of the very lovely features of Procreate is how it allows you to set up your color palettes while giving you valuable information about the palette colors themselves. This easy-to-use feature means that you do not need to find the exact color repeatedly, but it can be easily found and organized to find it…
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Vietnam’s French Encaustic Cement Tiles, What You Need to Know
Over 25 years ago, I discovered these wonderful old French encaustic cement tiles when I was working in Nha Trang, Vietnam, to produce woven rattan furniture. The minute I saw these French encaustic cement tiles on the floors of many of the Vietnamese buildings, I fell in love with them. The French encaustic cement tile…
