Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Sơn mài is a traditional Vietnamese form of lacquer painting created using a toxic lacquer harvested from one region of the country. It requires ...

Sơn mài is a traditional Vietnamese form of lacquer painting. Created using a toxic lacquer harvested from one region of the country, it requires months of application and sanding back layers of paint ...

July 26, 2000 - To most Westerners, "paintings" are watercolor, oil or acrylic. So it's almost a leap of faith to look at lacquer "paintings" as paintings, even though it is an Asian art form more ...

The female curves are vividly expressed in a series of lacquer and silk paintings at the "Ve Phai Dep" (Painting Women) show in Hanoi. The exhibition, taking place Nov. 1-7 in the art gallery at 29 ...

Jewelry design is often characterized as a form of wearable art. When they're not decoratively worn or displayed in a highly secure setting, the gemstones are usually tucked inside a safe, away from ...

Vietnamese lacquer painting, or son mai, has become a precious and unique artistic craft over the course of thousands of years. Its global reputation is to be fostered now the Ministry of Culture, ...

I met a new friend courtesy of my series of three articles on lacquer thinner that were recently published on Woodworkingnetwork.com. I made the comment that I felt that it was a very good idea to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- You'll often hear debate about which chemical finishing product is superior: polyurethane or lacquer. Certainly, each finish possesses its own advantages and disadvantages, ...

A seminar on lacquer painting will be held by the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum and the Hanoi Goethe Institute on June 13. A seminar on lacquer painting will be held by the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum and the ...

In the Fujian Pavilion of 2010 Shanghai World Expo, a pair of 3.6-meter bodiless lacquerware vases attracted many visitors. With a history of 2000 years in China, the widespread lacquer has great ...

A tourist from Hanoi who accidentally met tennis great Roger Federer at a resort near Hoi An gave him a lacquer painting featuring Vietnamese village scenes. On April 30 Le Dac Lam, 39, met the ...