Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnamese Floral Clock-Making Workshop

Design and build your own Vietnamese floral wall clock in a 2.5-hour hands-on workshop with local artisans.

Getting started

Begin your Vietnamese Floral Clock-Making Workshop by checking in at the studio and settling into your workspace for the 2.5-hour workshop. After a short introduction to the session, your instructors outline the plan and show you the materials laid out at each station. Once everyone is ready, the local artisans start the first demonstration so you can follow along step by step.

What to expect

Vietnamese floral clock-making workshop

This session focuses on creating a working wall clock decorated with traditional Vietnamese floral art. Across the 2.5-hour workshop, you move from learning about the materials to designing, crafting, and assembling your own piece.

Features

• Time in the studio is structured as a 2.5-hour workshop, giving you enough time to understand each stage of the process, from learning the basics to completing your floral clock.
• All materials for crafting are provided at your station, so you can focus on your design without needing to bring anything, from the clock mechanism to the decorative components.
• Guidance from local artisans shapes the whole experience, with step-by-step demonstrations and individual tips as you work through each stage of your floral composition and clock assembly.
• You learn about diep paper and dyed corn leaves, two traditional Vietnamese materials that form the base and floral elements of your design, and see how their textures and colors transform once arranged on the clock face.
• Creative time in the middle of the session is dedicated to sketching and building your own floral design, then you create a functional handmade flower clock to take home once the mechanism and decorations come together.
• At the end of the workshop, you leave with a handmade flower clock to take home, a functional keepsake that reflects your chosen colors, layout, and the techniques you learned during the session.