A loom. As the page scrolls, a cloth is woven row by row: a ground dyed in dips, with stepped diamond and zigzag bands counted in undyed cotton, madder red and turmeric yellow; at the end it is cut off the loom, folded and handed on.
Warping the loom
Culture is carried in everyday things, from the market stall to the table.
A cloth begins at the warp: the long threads are measured and set on the loom before a single row is woven. [Name] Foundation is an independent nonprofit foundation, and it begins with its purpose: to preserve and advance Vietnamese culture, in Vietnam and wherever Vietnamese culture is lived, made and shared.
Scroll to continue. Move across the threads to pluck them.
The first rows
Purpose
The shuttle carries the weft across, and the colours go in one row at a time. The Foundation's purpose takes in music and the performing arts, the visual arts, traditional and contemporary crafts, food and culinary heritage, the distinctive products of Vietnam and the know-how behind them, and cultural heritage generally.
- Music
- Performing and visual arts
- Crafts
- Food and culinary heritage
- Products and know-how
- Heritage
The counted motif
Planned work
A motif is counted thread by thread, and learned by sitting beside someone who already knows it. The Foundation intends to work in four ways.
- Support for musicians, artists, artisans and cooks
- Education and training
- Exhibitions, performances and programmes open to the public
- Grants to cultural organisations
Tap a motif to change the count
The dye
Vietnam and across the world
Indigo is grown and fermented in one place; the cloth it colours is worn in many. The Foundation's work is for Vietnam, and for wherever Vietnamese culture is lived, made and shared.
Off the loom
Current stage
A cloth just cut from the loom has not yet been made into anything. [Name] Foundation is newly established: its programmes have not begun, and this page will describe them as they start. The Foundation is governed by an independent board of directors.
Folded and handed on
Contact
A finished cloth is folded and passed to the person who will use it. For enquiries from cultural organisations, practitioners and others, please write to [email address].
If you write to us, we use your name, email address and message only to reply. We do not add you to a mailing list or share your details with anyone else.