Artisans Angkor - Polychroming, gilding & lacquering

Siem Reap - Artisans Angkor



Polychroming, Gilding & Lacquering Workshop



Samples of products in different process for explanation to tourists





Skilled worker at work.



Polychroming





Lacquering



Finishing touch


The finished products.

We visited this polychroming, gilding and lacquering workshop in Artisans Angkor in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The artists obtained their skills through apprenticeship provided by Artisans Angkor. The finished products are impressive and are on sale at the shop in the Artisans Angkor complex. The place is an tourist attraction and most tour groups are given a tour of the complex with many workshops before they are shown to the shop where the finished products are on sale.

Artisans Angkor - Silk Painting Workshop

ARTS IN SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA




Silk Painting Workshop



Skilled artists at work



The sign language they use to communicate



Most of the skilled workers are handicapped and use sign language to communicate



The skilled apprentices at work.


The finished products displayed in the shop.


We visited this Silk Painting Workshop in Artisans Angkor, where the skilled painters are dumb using sign language to communicate. They learned their skills through apprenticeship. They are so artistic that their finished products are so good that many tourists are attracted to buy from the shop in the huge complex of Artisans Angkor in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Artisans Angkor in Siem Reap, Cambodia

The Artisans Angkor in Siem Reap, Cambodia



The surrounding landscape of the huge complex of workshops & shop



A sculpture done by the skilled workmen



Sandstone Polychromy Workshop



Learning through apprenticeship



The process of sandstone polychromy


The finished product in display in the shop

We visited the Artisans Angkor, a place where handicapped people were given a chance to be apprentices to learn a skill and trade. We visited the sandstone polychromy workshop and were quite impressed by the skilled workmen and ladies in producing such a artistic finished product.