Bamboo and rattan
A strip and a wrap turn mountain grass into an object for the home. Woven work is light, resilient and unlike anything thrown on a wheel.
In preparation · Qingshen and Shengzhou, China; Phu Vinh and Hue, Vietnam
The craft
Hand weaving of bamboo and rattan.
The official heritage project name and level have not been verified for a specific workshop, so no heritage listing is claimed here.
Maker series: Maker selection in progress.
What the work is about
Weaving is slow in a way that is easy to underestimate: the material is prepared by hand, and the pattern is held in the maker's memory rather than printed on a template.
It also solves a problem that porcelain cannot. A woven object is light and does not break, so the cost of getting it to a collector stays small relative to its value.
We are assessing workshops in two countries. Nothing is listed until a named maker, real samples and the required plant-material documents are in hand.
In preparation · no pieces listed
We do not list objects we cannot show
This category is being assessed against the same 7-dimension model used for the porcelain line. A named maker, real object photography, measured dimensions and the documents below come before any listing.
Register an interestAdmission criteria
What has to be true before a piece from this category can appear here.
- Forms that are resilient, light and safe to ship by sea
- Forest and plant-material documentation, including phytosanitary and fumigation papers, complete before listing
- A named workshop with documented weaving technique and a signed piece record
- Small, deliberately limited batches; no volume ranges are published as targets
- Real object photography and measured dimensions for every piece
Evidence on hand
Stated as fact only where a document or a photograph can be shown.
- No pieces are listed. No material certificate or workshop signature has been published for this category yet.
Guide prices, planned ranges, category scores and compliance claims are not published for preparing categories. Nothing here is a promise of availability.