Rồng Phố (Dragon of the Urbanities) is a collaboration between Bát Tràng Museum Atelier (BTMA) and designer Diệu Anh. The collection comprises five ceramic vases and stools that reinterpret dragon imagery through familiar objects from Vietnamese everyday life, including the plastic monobloc chair, stool, brick, water pipe, and tire. Through these distinctive forms, Rồng Phố brings traditional symbolism into dialogue with contemporary Vietnamese street culture.
The body of the dragon is formed from the geometry of half a tire. Its curved profile is transformed into a ceramic vase with a distinctive silhouette, retaining the defining lines of the original object in a new form.
Dimension (cm) 30x17x9
Technique Overlapping glaze
Color Red —Explore other color versions on Bát Tràng Museum Atelier (BTMA)’s Facebook page —Click here
According to East Asian beliefs, the Dragon embodies the power of the four elements that make up the universe: Earth, Water, Air and Fire; and we mere mortals occupy a very miniscule part of it. This was the core idea that guided Bát Tràng Museum Atelier x dieuAnh throughout their process of conceptualizing Rồng Phố. They were aiming for something new, a fresh notion, one that retains the sacredness of the source of inspiration, yet intimately familiar to one and all. By the flame of passion for the ceramic art, life alongside the energy of universe are breathed into these artworks, and unto the inner self, by proxy.
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Bát Tràng Museum Atelier (BTMA) – The 50-year-old workshop of Bát Tràng Museum, founded by the late People’s Artisan Vũ Thắng.
