Top Vietnam Craft Classes

Bamboo is often used to create traditional Vietnamese handicrafts, traditional tools, and everyday household items. This hands-on workshop lets you experiment with bamboo cutting, carving, and treating, and learn all about the sustainable material and its use in Vietnam. Best of all, you will get to make your very own bamboo souvenir such as a vase, pen holder, or ornament.

A great pleasure of any visit to Hoi An is to stroll along the peaceful vintage paths of the ancient town at night under the flickering lights from lots of hanging lanterns. These simple yet colorful lanterns are a unique feature of Hoi An culture for hundreds of years. Exploring the beauty of lanterns and making your own lanterns expressing your style are the highlights of this tour.

Learn traditional styles of Vietnamese painting with tips on painting techniques provided by a talented local artist. We will show you how traditional oriental watercolor painting differs from western style art and In this Experience, you will learn calligraphy in Vietnamese Language and/or English also. After paiting class finished we will take a rest and tasting our tea then go ahead to Lantern Making Class. We provide the bamboo that forms the base of your frame; you do the rest. Your instructor will show you how to make your lantern from the first to the last step and how to make your own Hoi An lantern. We provide beautiful silk so that you can choose your own color pattern, and design. Once completed, these lanterns are easy to fold, carry, or put in your luggage. Take an original, enjoyable, hand-made souvenir home from your visit to Hoi An.

Just walk up the street and you’ll run into a coffee shop in every corner. Drinking coffee is part of one’s daily routine and it is a considered a ritual by older Vietnamese. You’ll find that the Vietnamese drink coffee at all hours of the day and coffee shops are usually crowded in the mornings. To start this class we will listen to may stories on this two-hour tour and learn about the journey of coffee from crop to cup. Discover what makes Vietnamese ground coffee, fined Robusta, different to other types around the world. Learn the steps needed to roast dark beans so that they mix perfectly with sweet condensed milk, which is an improvisation made due to the limitations on the availability of fresh milk at French colonial time.

Colored lanterns are a symbol of Hoi An, where locals believe they bring happiness, luck, and wealth. Bring home a souvenir with a difference, a lantern that you made yourself, after this fascinating class. Choose from a wealth of different silks then work with your instructor to craft a bamboo frame and create your lantern, which will fold away neatly into your luggage. Your class includes a Vietnamese tea tasting.

Combine city sightseeing with a chance to make your own unique memory of your visit to Ho Chi Minh City on this combination private tour and jewelry-making workshop. Zip around Saigon on the back of a motorcycle, seeing a range of city highlights. Afterward, join a silversmithing workshop and learn how to make your own jewelry under the watchful guidance of trained local artisans. Create a one-of-a-kind souvenir to remember your trip by or a charming gift for someone back home.

Born and raised in the Hanoi capital, the center of Vietnamese culture and traditional handicrafts. I graduated as IT-Software engineer, but fall in love with hand-crafts as a child. Started to learn handmade leather by my-self from 2013, I decided to start plan of my life with the material. I came to the realization that my workshop was an place where everyone can come & have experience, to know or understanding how does artisan make excellent handicrafts. I hope the crafts will be preserved and honored all over the world.

Master the art of an ancient Vietnamese tradition during a lantern-making workshop in Hoi An, a hands-on cultural experience that’s ideal for families. This private tour means you’ll receive undivided attention throughout the workshop, and leave with a hand-made souvenir to commemorate your vacation. Plus, you can choose from a morning or afternoon departure time to suit your schedule.

You might have noticed the little hole-in-the-wall shops cluttered around the Old Quarters, tended to by a single craftsmen, hunched and dedicatedly carving sophisticated designs on little wooden blocks. Wooden stamps, or historically, the art of seal making was borrowed from China and was used by kings and aristocrats during the feudal times in Vietnam. More than a 1000 years later, the art yet lives, but has morphed into the wooden stamps we know today, elegantly managing to stay relevant with the times.

"Yen Thai Silk, Bat Trang Pottery, Dinh Cong Silver, Ngu Xa Copper" is the quintessential quarters of the Thang Long trade village. Through its history, the village has seen several drastic changes take place to its people, culture, tradition and crafts but silversmithing in Dinh Cong is one of the few ancient crafts of Thang Long (old name of Hanoi) that still exists today. Located on the To Lich river bank in Hanoi's Hoang Mai district, approximately 10km from Hoan Kiem Lake), Dinh Cong village has long term history of silver handcrafts. According to the legend, in King Ly Nam De's reign, three brothers of the Tran family (Tran Dien, Tran Hoa and Tran Dien) learned how to make silver and gold jewelries by chance, mastered the skills and then passed this on to the local people of the village and created the reputation of Dinh Cong's products. The products are not just beautiful but also have a masterful finish.

Nestled in Kien Hung Commune, Ha Dong Town, Hanoi, the small, but prestigious village ? Da Sy has a long - standing history of forging profession. Historically, two blacksmith ancestors of the profession were Nguyen Thuat and Nguyen Thuan who came to the village several hundred years ago, and taught forging technics for locals. During wars in Vietnam, the village was the main source supporting weapons for Vietnam military. However, when peace returned to Viet Nam 40 years ago, the Da Sy people returned to making to agricultural implements such as ploughs, rakes and machinery parts or kitchen implements.

The traditional paper masks, as distinct and recognizable as the full moon during the Mid-Autumn festival, has for years been a favorite traditional toy among Vietnamese children. During the night of the festival, gleeful children parade around the neighborhood wearing colorful paper masks as they carry with them bobbing lanterns to illuminate the streets - a sort of trick or treat equivalent during Halloween. Families join in the celebration while the young ones bring life to the artfully crafted masks that are at once both colorful and representative of the festivities of the night.

As well as being an enjoyable form of art, making pottery will aid in the development of hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, spatial skills, and planning abilities. Additionally, making pottery will require concentration and discipline to complete a piece. Furthermore, this lesson will remove your tire, stress from your daily life. On another hand, you can use the pieces that you made with your own hands. And you will remember the moment with us once you use them.

Come experience a very unique unique 3D art form that you can actually touch and feel. String art is weaving colored string, wool, wire, or yarn between hammered nails to make geometric patterns. Artists use lines of thread to create curved patterns that can form desirable 3D shapes: mandala, symbol, objects, letters, and more. Created in the late 19th century, string art has its origins as a mathematical exercise for understanding geometry and logic.

The romantic Hue in which traditional craft values are conserved. Each craft has an incredible stories, just waiting for you to discover. Take the time to experience these traditional crafts and see how beautiful the ancient culture is.

As an art and craft brand in Hanoi, Vietnam, FOLKSIGHT is run by artists with the passion of folk art, storytelling and cultural values. We create our own designs and put them into daily used products, such as silk scarves, embroidered clothing, zip pouches, coasters, art prints, home décor, and many more. In each item, you shall find the best of our efforts to not just preserve the beauty of Vietnamese long-live aesthetics, but also to express our unique voice and creativity in the modern time. Let us take you through the journey of dancing colors, pertinent skills and blooming dreams of Vietnamese artists and artisans’ pride.

Hello creative minds! Have you ever thought of holding a brush pen and writing calligraphy on “Dó”-paper just like the emperors wrote down their commands in ancient times? Cool fact: your writings are likely to last up to 200 YEARS thanks to the traditional way of making our paper, that we are preserving with this project. The paper is completely handmade and it takes around 100 steps to have a finished piece. At Zó Calligraphy Workshop, you will get your own time to get used to the brush pens, ink stones, “Dó”-paper and to create your own words in calligraphy then bring home later, all under the care patient and support of our calligraphy-master.

Amazing little shop with unique workshops. Great way to spend the morning making lamps. The staff is extremely friendly and accommodating, and there are many unique gifts. We really enjoyed our visit and a quiet morning away from the hustle and bustle of the city. They also had great restaurant recommendations in the area! I highly recommend Doug a workshop and going home with a unique work of art while hearing the amazing story of Zo Project while learning a bit more about how the paper is made

What will you get from our workshop: - Get to know the history, papermaking process of traditional Do paper of Vietnam. - Listen to the story of Zó Project as a social enterprise. - Will be guided to do one product from Dó paper then bring home later. "Zó project was by far the best part of our trip to Hanoi. This all-female led social enterprise is dedicated completely to preserving the ancient traditions of dó paper making and to supporting the muong village people. We had so much fun and felt like we were taking part in a much bigger experience. There was a workshop to suit all kinds of ages, and it was really atmospheric to sit on the railway line and make paper while the locals came by to watch and ask questions and share their own stories. The girls have done a great job of taking the traditional paper and turning into contemporary products for souvenirs, everything was great and everyone was so respectful" This is one of our customer's reviews on tripadvisor.

This workshop is for people who love the art of making DIY jewelry, especially wire art jewelry:) Come to our workshop, pick one or more designs that you like (in our catalog or your own favorite design)

This workshop is for people who love D.I.Y colorful clothes, and upcycling! In this workshop, together we can tap into your creativity and upcycle old garments or clothes into something new, through tie-dye. Come make crafts with us, be part of our community, and please get in touch if you want to collaborate. Bring your old items (old T-shirts/bags/shoes, etc.) that you haven’t used for a long time so that you can give it a new look or simply do something fun with it. You'll be amazed by how it will be transformed :) We also have new T-shirts with different sizes, canvas tote bags, pencil cases, and canvas fabric for people who’d like to make cool tie-dye gifts for friends, family or themselves ♥

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Lantern souvenir,real local experience in the fishing village. our car will ride you to the art of making lanterns,you will visit craftsmen with skillful hands,showing you howto create the brightly colored lanterns.Expertly guided you could make yourself a lantern as a gift to your family.Finish your learning, you are welcomed the local tea in the fishing village, you will join rowing the special basket boat and carching crab, go fishing technique with your skillful fisherman on river, come back family ,you have local food in the coconut house nearly river

 Get more fun and more experience with pottery class in Hanoi old quarter  You don't need to go to Bat Trang ceramics village, just stay in Hanoi Old Quarter, you can play with our Bat Trang artisan.