Fabric scraps given new life by disabled artists
Nguyen Thuy Linh meticulously selects silk fabric scraps in complementary colors to complete her landscape collage. If painters paint with brushes, she paints with silk pieces, scissors and glue. The collage comes to life under her skilled hands”. Linh was a disabled and depressed woman before working at Vun Art, a cooperative for people with disabilities. Scraps revived While working as a kindergarten teacher, she suffered a bone ailment that rendered her unable to walk. Her marriage also ended at the same time. Becoming a disabled person and unable to continue with her old job, she felt bored. Her life was almost deadlocked as she had to raise a child alone while her parents were old and frail. She had locked herself at home for four years. Members of Vun Art are people with disabilities. Photo: Ngo Minh/The Hanoi Times Linh learned about Vun Art while watching Viec tu te (Good work) program on the VTV3 channel. Vun Art Cooperative was founded in...