Our tour was really fantastic, and I recommend visiting. You can find the workshop and gift shop on Stung Thmey Street, right off the main road running through Siem Reap. It's just a short walk.
Have you ever visited an art workshop?
Friday, November 30, 2012
to do in cambodia: artisans of angkor
Christopher and I are returning to Siem Reap, the home of Angkor Wat, this weekend (for our race! eek!) and it seems only appropriate to share one thing I really enjoyed doing with Paige and Michael when they visited this past summer.
On a travel-book-whim, we decided to walk to the nearby Artisans d'Angkor. It is a school for young people with artistic talent who aspire to study and produce traditional Khmer art. The handicrafts they make require intensive study and nuanced skill. In their workshop, they carve varieties of marble and soapstone, weave silk and paint it, and carve and laquer wood.
The school provides a free tour of the variety of arts the artists are studying to tourists and visitors.
We took a tour with a young man who had studied English at his local wat in a town in the countryside before coming to Artisans d'Angkor.
Our tour was really fantastic, and I recommend visiting. You can find the workshop and gift shop on Stung Thmey Street, right off the main road running through Siem Reap. It's just a short walk.
Have you ever visited an art workshop?
Our tour was really fantastic, and I recommend visiting. You can find the workshop and gift shop on Stung Thmey Street, right off the main road running through Siem Reap. It's just a short walk.
Have you ever visited an art workshop?
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Wow, impressive! I love visiting these workshops (though I've been to quite a few "touristy" ones) - the craftspeople are always so talented :)
ReplyDeletethis place was somewhat touristy, but i still found it to be a worthwhile visit. it is crazy how much talent they have- i have none, so i'm also a bit easily impressed :)
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