My basket :

Research product Head Statue Bas-relief Container Panel Lacquered Box Head Statue Animal Bas-relief Scarves and Shawls Bags Accessories Home furnishing Bronze box Soapstone candle holder Silk Painting

Testimonies Catalogue News LOS SERA, 33 years old Polychrome Technician Master In 1996, I heard from the chief of my home village in Dam Dek Commune located in Siem Reap Province, that a program for training young people for handicraft work had been launched by Chantier-Ecoles, cooperated with Provincial Office of Education, Youth and Sport. Since that, I have never left Chantiers Ecoles and after, Artisans d’Angkor. During one full year, Chantiers Ecole taught me the basis, that’s to say, for learning how to draw motifs and initiated me to the wood carving work, and then I joined the production team. On December 1998, I was chosen with 11 other artisans to take part in the first 6 month training session of lacquer techniques work conducted by Mr Eric Stocker, a restorer lacquer, trained himself by the master craftsman Bobotqui. We were all apprentices and it was very challenging. Thus, teacher Eric shared us his knowledge for lacquering and more: polychrome, gilding, silk painting works which involves mixing pigment colors, applying lacquer layer, putting copper or golden leaves…. > continue... Savoir-Faire Silver plating: the art of Metal The oldest silver objects discovered in Cambodia can be traced during the Oudong period (XV-XVIe century). Later, precious objects made by silversmith were produced for and used exclusively by aristocracy. > continue... Silk weaving Silk weaving is a tradition that seems to have been introduced to Cambodia back in the 13th century thanks to the Silk Road that once wandered through Southeast Asia. This craft is practiced by women in rural villages using traditional looms set up below their stilted houses during the dry season when the women are not out working in the fields. > continue... Wood and stone carving The art of stone carving goes back to the glorious epoch of the Khmer empire and its monumental constructions that gave rise to the Angkor temples. Like the work of craftsmen from previous centuries, stone carving is done on sandstone. Artisans d’Angkor mainly uses sandstone from Siem Reap province > continue... Seal of Excellence for Handicrafts competition organized by UNESCO Artisans d’Angkor has been awarded by the highest authority for supporting craft producers: UNESCO. Congratulations for all Artisans d’Angkor’s team who worked so hard to reach UNESCO’s expectations! > continue... New Boutique in Phnom Penh! After Siem Reap, Artisans d'Angkor has set up a new Boutique in the capital of Cambodia, in front of the Post office. > continue... Completion of training program for Silver Plated & Pursat stone carving New skills and unseen workshops in Siem Reap > continue... From now, you can not miss Artisans d’Angkor in Siem Reap! After Phnom Penh and Siem Reap international airport, Artisans d’Angkor will open soon its door next Wednesday August 5th at Domestic Airport in Siem Reap. > continue... ON-LINE COLLECTION UPDATED You don’t need to wait – discover on-line all the Artisans d’Angkor’s collection right away > continue... Agenda Artisans d'Angkor : infos@artisansdangkor.com, Tel. (00 855) 63 963 330, & Fax (00 855) 063 964 097 Chantiers-Ecoles, stung Thmey Street, P.O Box 47, Siem-Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia      | Legal notice |