BauTruc pottery items are made from clay from the QuaoRiver mixed with sand. Clay is collected from the river only once a year, each lasting for half a month. Clay is taken more or less depending on the ability of each person. In the clay collecting season, local people try to take as much clay as they can to store, for use in an entireyear.
Currently, people in BauTruc pottery village still make pottery items in the traditional way. They do not use the wheel but the craftsmen have to turn around the products. The potters shape their products by their skillful hands and feet around a pole-round pillar, rather than on one wheel. From this step, silky clay block initially gradually forms a smooth rounded hollow block, then the formation of flower vases, or waterpots.
BauTruc’s craftsmen use wet cloths to make the product surface smooth. These items are decorated with seashells, snails or hand-made paintings featuring the daily life of BauTruc’speople.
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1. Cay can be collected from the Quao River all year round. |
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2. BauTruc pottery is famous because people only use fine clay to make their products. |
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3. People still make the pottery in the traditional way. |
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4. Craftsmen shape the pottery items only with their hands and feet. |
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5. The pots nowadays are shaped on the potter’s wheel. |
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6. Craftsmen use simple ways to make the product surface smooth. |
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7. The craftsmen’s skills can make the blocks of clay become lively and useful. |
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8. The designs of BauTruc pottery reflect the life of local people. |
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