Category: Products

Work shop with design for project in Singapore.

28/1/2017

We had workshop with social business the group Culture Matters of university Nanyang Singapore.
Project design for investigated on the meaning of Traditional motifs of Laotian textile.

About design for : http://designfor.co/about.php

This time, Centre's sewing team tried to design for making porch and bag to use Lao traditional motif together.

They had a presentation about the design using Lao textile.

Thank you so much for your supporting us and having a good opportunity to know about production design.Paragraph.

Reproduction of Lao traditional pattern.

22/9/2016

We are challenging to do reproduction Lao traditional pattern skirt. We have purpose to keep these Lao weaving technique for the future.

It's from collection of Ms. chantason.
She is a founder of our centre.

Original was dyed by chemical dye. but we got color by natural dye.

-About the pattern-
Motifs : Siho(Lion-elephant carrying a frog -man, bird and Naga.
Technique : Supplementary continuous weft and Ikat weft.

houeyhong 's work

It's from Houeyhong collection.
Sorry we not sure about a motif of this pattern.
Some of our staff thought this motif came from tool for special festival at temple of their Buddhist customs.

It's from textiles collection in HO MOUNE THAENTAENG MUSEUM.

-About the textile-
Name : Sin Choktaa.
Period : Early 1930's
Group : Tai Dam,Tai Daeng and Tai ethnics,Hiaphanh province.
Technique : Discontinuous and continuous Supplementary weft.
Motif : Spiraled-tail Naga,Lozenge shape,rattan flower and rectangular pattern.

houeyhong's work.

These Lao skirt by houeyhong's hand woven are going to show and sell in Lao Handicraft Festival at Lao-ITECC from October 26 to November 1.

We hope many people will come to see Lao traditional weaving and dyeing technique in this show.

~SHIFU~ × Lao Posa paper yarn

5/9/2016

SHIFU is one of Japanese weaving technique.
In Houey hong centre , this weaving tecnique is one of the main product to sell.
Specially, to combine Lao posa paper and Lao traditional different patterns and natural dyeing to make Japanese people traditional OBI to sell to them.

Centre has order to posa paper yarn with villager in Vangvieng.
This time, we could visit place of production a posa paper yarn.

The Lao posa paper weaving coaster is a original item by villager.

We also use Lao posa paper to weave table cloth and material to make bags etc.

The intention of our centre is to use new material "Posa paper yarn " to create a new wave in Lao weaving and to encourage to Japanese people to re-use their old culture of paper weaving.

The opening of the new true colour

30/8/2016

Houey hong training centre and Ma Te Sai ,
It was held the opening of the new True Colour a joint venture handcraft in Laos on Aug 25.

We threw a little party to welcome our Vientiane friends to the new-look True Colour store. The space is a new retail collaboration from Houey Hong Vocational Training Centre and Ma Té Sai. The partnership brings together handmade Lao homewares, accessories and gifts in stunning hanwoven silks and beautiful cottons. Ms. Chanthasone Inthavong, founder of Houey Hong, and Emi Weir, founder of Ma Té Sai, officially opened the store, and guests enjoyed drinks, Lao snacks and lucky door prizes!

We are now open Monday-Saturday from 8.30-20.30.
Come in and visit the retail team Tony and Phout, or have a garment whipped up by in-house tailor That.

- Ture Colour -
Corner Setthathirath Road and Hengbounnoy Street, Ban Mixay (in front of Mixay temple)
TEL ：+85621 214 410
OPEN TIME ：8:30am - 8:30pm
HP ：http://www.houeyhongvientiane.com/
(Houey hong vocational training centre)
Facebook ：https://www.facebook.com/truecolourvientiane/