Laos & Cambodia

by Kenta Takeshige

The decline of French Indochina led to political struggles, causing domestic instability and turmoil. This unfavorable climate also affected the traditional lacquer crafts and ceased the transfer of lacquer technology.

The reconstruction has started gradually thanks to Ms. Matsushima Sakurako's Asian Lacquer Craft Exchange Research Project, Mr. Ounheuane Soukaseum and his atelier Mani Lacquer Ware Lao Luang Prabang in Laos and Mr. Eric & Thierry Stocker's Stocker Studio in Cambodia.