Fancy with paper made from water coconut in Hoi An

Not simple or normal like countless types of paper produced from traditional, unique "branded" water coconut paper in Hoi An ancient town (Quang Nam) is becoming an infinite art product. same unique.

Unique paper type

For nearly half a year, Vietnam Paper Garden space is nestled on the extended Ly Thuong Kiet street (Hoi An City), which is always covered by a green coconut canopy. The image of three men day after month diligently chopped down each of the coconut shells, boiled hives, then immersed in the faint reddish paper frames became familiar in the eyes of the people of Hoi Hoi town.

Mr. Ha on craft products made from coconut paper - (Photo: Tam Lien).

It was the same recurring image of friends Truong Tan Tho (Duy Xuyen, Quang Nam) and Le Thanh Ha (Nghe An village) and Tran Quang Thang (Thua Thien - Hue) who presented a paper with one No two in the world.

Talking about the process of producing the "kiln" of Nipa-branded paper produced from water coconut , Mr. Tho said: "The three brothers each of each country but happen to know each other and get along for the same passion. Find art in Hoi An, and at the beginning, all three plan to develop a painting road and develop the idea of ​​creating paintings on a completely new material. flag when we had the opportunity to visit coconut forest in Cam Thanh and suddenly flashed the idea of ​​using coconut water to make paper ".

Anh Tho and paper products on the silk strip - (Photo: Tam Lien).

Many days later, Tho, Ha and Tuan were "close to the capital" in the coconut water area known as "the small western region in Quang Nam". Continuously one month stumbling around to observe and study the famous long-lived tree species that created pure Vietnamese cottages, all three suddenly ordered a large number of coconut ships in the astonishment of relatives of the coconut water Seven. Form.

When the material source piled up in the garden and the idea was specifically sketched out by the diagram, the group began searching for equipment to "transform" the raw part of the coconut boat into pulp. Scouring everywhere, the three finally managed to achieve satisfaction. An "old" crusher produced from the early years of the twentieth century was transported from Ho Chi Minh City to Hoi An. After 4 months of restoration, the machine finally met the expectations of three guys who were willing to give up all stable jobs before and poured enthusiasm to Nipa paper project.

Product display space - (Photo: Tam Lien).

Introducing the principle of "squeezing" coconut water into quality paper that is not inferior to other types of paper, Thang (technical manager) said: "The first step is to bring the coconut boat chopped and soaked. clean before cooking, the mill will be crushed into powder, then the pulp will be mixed with water, spread evenly in a silk frame, through the above stages, we will obtain colored paper molds. Reddish purple depending on the intended use, the paper will be added additives to create other colors ".

Pulp is put in the frame - (Photo: Tam Lien).

"Weaving" should be artistic products

Everyone is curious and admired when enjoying the artistic products that are "woven" from coconut paper. From lanterns, small flowers, beautiful flowers . to partitions, signs, even paintings, pictures are printed on a large frame of paper, all bearing the mark of coconut.

Lanterns made from coconut paper - (Photo: Tam Lien).

The very own images of Hoi An ancient town such as Cau pagoda, the door of the door or some typical images of Vietnam such as Dong Son drums, gongs . all become very interesting details in each created the art of "triad" to make paper material from water coconut.

"We always try to integrate these details into paper and display frames. On the one hand, create new things, on the other hand, familiar images of our country will be known to many international friends. It took 6 months to think about the new group, and the new group started building these new products, ' said Ha.

Photos of Hoi An ancient town printed on the background of coconut paper - (Photo: Tam Lien).

Currently, handmade products made from coconut paper of the group have been officially on sale and a very meaningful souvenir for far away travelers whenever they visit Hoi An ancient town.

Pictures, photos printed on the background of coconut paper - (Photo: Tam Lien).

Sharing the intention to boost the development of coconut paper and art-made paper products, all three hoped: "The scale of making products from coconut paper is still small, while orders from Ho Chi Minh City. Chi Minh, Hanoi . will become bigger and bigger, we will try to expand the scope of activities, in parallel with the creation of a variety of product models in order to meet the needs of customers in the best time. arrival time ".