Open career direction for the Dai Bai
Created Date : 12/12/2011 | View : 8130
Dai Bai bronze casting village (Gia Binh district, Bac Ninh) with time is gradually sinking village prospered for a new direction: the manufacture of cosmetic products technology. One of the pioneers, helping the user to open a village artisan Nguyen Van Dien.
When I got home to find, it may be his home, is hard to picture Tam has a client in the Ha Long (Quang Ninh). Suspension of work, mixed tea, he begins the story simple, true nature of rural people. "Demobilized in 1976, I returned to the village with empty hands, engaged in agricultural production but always cherished plan to restore traditional ..." At that time, bronze casting existed for about a thousand years in Dai Bai actually fall into the predicament. The village people used to cast the objects which only simple household pots, trays, super, delivery, rush betel ... been fierce competition by China plastic cheaply, design-rich, many people have quit profession. In 1988, after several years of vocational training in the village to find the Ngu Xa (Hanoi), Dong Sam (Pacific), he opened a studio at home. Lack of capital, he only performs the processing of simple products to cycle and accumulate money to make a number of sophisticated products such as Quality, top. The turning point when he put the product villages attended the first fair of Hebei Province "goods carried away all that much how many letters a, how much interest ball but gave me confidence that the product is the Dai Bai place in life. " From this success, he directed to the sophisticated products, high value. He said "It is the overall trend, co-workers we have to raise skills, make these high quality products is the new head of the market mechanism." In 2000, the Village East, he thought of Dong Ho folk paintings put up bronze. "At last she saw the slender female factor, he shepherds flute pictured roof village charm and I hope to post the same material. It's no surprise this idea to open up a new direction for the village. " When I first began work, he faced many difficulties and the delicate strokes of Dong Ho folk paintings are not easily shown on the same material, with the help of a subtle craftsman but he finally succeeded. Next, he expanded the scope of the text produced paintings, landscape paintings at the request of customers. Until now, the competition has become one of the most popular items of the family base. His success drew many people back to traditional, bringing vitality to the village. Dai Bai village now has hundreds of export products has expanded to other finely as choe, statues, bas ... products not only stayed in the village market in the province that reach out to the city such as Hanoi, Ha Long ... and initially present in the Taiwan market and Southeast Asia.
Nearly 60 years away, more than 20 years with the same job, trophies and prizes at exhibitions, contests of artisan Nguyen Van Dien lot just past the five-color product base choe family Association supports talent development of Vietnam awarded the title "Essence of Vietnam". He has property in the hands of a foundry near thousand square meters with two large stores with more than 40 workers, the average income of 1.5 to 3 million / person / month but everyday is involved in the production and job for young people in the village. See detailed instructions for his children from the dithering method to get the five colors (black, red net, yellow, blue and silver) to how to touch a product that can see right to the soul Vietnamese love of his craft still burning. To date, how many generations of craftsmen hand him the guidance, many people have the talent, the open stand-alone basis. He said "layer we find a new direction for the village to village development but must be so young. So, I would not mind passing on all what I know for me. I always teach the children, each product must be absorbed his mind. Has a sticky, every day I sit down to touch an empty opaque, each time completing a product, I found myself with a new joy.