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

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

The meticulously built brick structures create a unique feeling - Photo: BD

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

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 soil.

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

Mr. Ha's terracotta workshop is located on the Thu Bon River.

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 workers. But everyone was curious to witness 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 river scene 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 connected with his emotions, his two nephews discussed and together built a studio as a gift to promote creativity.

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

"Currently, my workshop has 10 workers, all of whom are local. They have been with me for a long time, 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.

Terracotta factory seen from above

Every day tourists visit the terracotta workshop to experience the process of creating works of art.

"Sky well" is also a useful space to display and arrange works of art.

One of the many buildings at Mr. Ha's terracotta workshop

Exhibition space for terracotta works

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