Terracotta workshop displays artistic creations on the banks of the Thu Bon River

Located on the Thu Bon River, passing through Dien Ban town ( Quang Nam province), the terracotta workshop was built to both create and display art.

Xưởng đất nung trưng bày sáng tạo nghệ thuật bên bờ sông Thu Bồn — *The meticulously built brick structures create a unique feeling - Photo: BD*

There, every day, the craftsmen and the workshop owner, artisan Le Duc Ha, create items with their talented hands. The source of raw materials is soil collected from the banks of rivers in Quang Nam, then washed, filtered and kneaded.

Le Duc Ha is a well-known face to many people working in tourism, art and tourists who love terracotta art. Anyone who meets Mr. Ha can clearly feel his burning love for the pieces of soil.

With his talented hands, Mr. Ha has created many beautiful works in various shapes and sizes, which are widely used in hotels, restaurants, tourist areas, and even large-scale art exhibition spaces.

Mr. Ha also spends some quiet time alone creating terracotta portrait statues of famous people.

That is Mother Thu - a heroic Vietnamese mother who suffered many losses through two wars; a portrait of musician Trinh Cong Son...

Coming to Mr. Le Duc Ha's terracotta workshop, many people praised his talent and that of his fellow craftsmen. But everyone was curious when witnessing a special creative space.

These are blocks of construction assembled and built roughly with only two main materials: concrete and raw bricks. The bricks are stacked alternately to create beautiful architectural blocks, blending into the countryside landscape with sturdy green bamboo hedges.

Mr. Ha said that he was not rich enough to build such an expensive architectural work. But many years ago, seeing his passion and work closely linked to his emotions, his two nephews discussed and built a studio with him as a gift to promote creativity.

The project consists of many blocks of houses, but the main function is to serve as a creative place for him and his fellow workers, and to place their favorite works of art on one block.

"Currently, my workshop has 10 workers, all of whom are local. They have been with me since ancient times, some of whom have been working with me on terracotta for 20 years.

Here, every day we feel the changes of each moment, see the movement of sunlight, wind, sun, tree shadows... The house is where we get inspiration to create" - Mr. Ha said.