As a student in the 1990s, Bang received a grant to promote Asian art and craft ideas. He came up with the idea of making bamboo paper based on traditional papermaking techniques.
After studying the process in craft villages in Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, he started a pilot project to make it in 2002.
Today, the paper serves as material for various art, decoration and installation works. One can find handbags, lanterns, gift boxes and umbrellas made from brightly coloured truc chi.
Truc chi is made from bamboo instead of wood pulp. Its name literally means – paper made by bamboo.
Bang hopes that people will someday know Hue not only for its pagodas, temples and food, but also craft products.
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