Photos: Celebrating A Special Mid-Autumn Festival With Unique Miniature Handicrafts
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Photo courtesy of Veene Studio |
A full moon party with a variety of dishes like moon cake, five-fruit tray with lanterns and other colorful toys are indispensable parts of a Mid-Autumn festival. A souvenir shop in Hanoi’s Dong Da District has created a unique full-moon party with a miniature version of traditional dishes and toys.
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Moon cakes and a tiny tea set are meticulously crafted. Every detail looks like real. Photo courtesy of Veene Studio |
Members of the creative team of Veene Studio are the artists who created the miniature.
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One of the members said toys such as the star lanterns, revolving lanterns, tiny unicorn heads are like special gifts from adults to look back at their childhood a remember still celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival with loved, even during a devastating pandemic.
Although the materials to make these miniature toys are quite environmentally-friendly and easy to find such as bamboo sticks, colored paper, clay, it takes quite a lot of time to create the products. For example, to be able to finalize a chicken lantern like this, it takes the artisans six hours to make. Other items may take longer to complete.
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“It takes three days to complete a miniature grapefruit in the five-fruit tray,” a member of Veene told VTC News.
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A tiny grapefruit takes several days to complete. Photo courtesy of Veene Studio |
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A close look at a star lantern which has the size of only some centimeters.. Photo courtesy of Veene Studio |
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On the social distancing period, artisans bring materials collected at home to the studio to make the miniature.
Each miniature item is then combined in a set and sold online to customers.
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Each set of miniature is put a plastic box. Customers have to book products that are not available and wait for a few days. Photo courtesy of Veene Studio |
A set of Mid-Autumn Festival gifts includes six optional items. The price is not cheap: about VND600,000 per set because the handmade item takes a lot of efforts to make.
Nguyen Huu Thanh, 33 years old, living in Cau Giay District said: "I am very fascinated with tiny items, especially Veene's tea set. I love it so much. I ordered the whole set and am eagerly waiting to own them."
Miniature handicrafts have become a trend in Vietnam in recent years, especially during the pandemic. A lot of people have created their favotire items with mini sizes for fun and collection.
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