Ceramics of enduring culture and everlasting beauty
Art pieces in their own right, Authentique ceramics are a unique blend of the finest of our Vietnamese heritage, Zen minimalism and natural inspirations.
Rediscover the soul of Vietnam’s magnificent artistic heritage.
To hold a masterfully handcrafted ceramic is to hold something far greater than utility. It is to hold beauty shaped by tradition, tempered by fire, and made eternal.
Each form carries the accumulated wisdom of countless hands, the patient devotion of artisans who understood that true beauty cannot be rushed.
A Legacy Carved in Clay and Fire
The Vietnamese ceramic tradition flows like an unbroken river through millennia, from the delicate pottery of the Red River basin two thousand years before Christ to the refined white and celadon glazes of the Ly and Tran dynasties.
Our ancestors developed techniques of sublime sophistication—the ethereal blue ink that penetrates glazes with dreamlike softness, the coveted crackle glazes smooth as white stone, and multicoloured masterpieces that once graced royal tables and traveled across oceans to enchant distant lands.
Villages like Tho Ha, Bat Trang, and Phu Lang became thriving centers where family kilns passed down secret glaze formulas through generations, each workshop developing its own signature that marked every piece like a personal seal. Though war and neglect once threatened this lineage to silence, the true value of Vietnamese ceramics has sparked a renaissance that honors our past while embracing the future.
Our Cam Ha kiln honors the ancient village traditions of Hoi An, using the same Da Nang feldspar, Truc Thon clay, and Hue china clay that masters employed for centuries. We believe in the poetry of place, the wisdom of working with materials from our homeland rather than chasing convenience. The most beautiful glazes are indeed ancient ones—born from deep roots and exhaustive alchemical trials, emerging as testimonies to human persistence and aesthetic vision.
Each surface tells a story written in fire, where chance and intention dance together to create something entirely unique. In this way, each piece we create aspires to bridge the boundary between handcrafted item and work of art. Our ceramics are made with the understanding that they will outlive us all, and in this knowledge, we pour our love and skill into every piece, hoping it will find its way to homes where it will be cherished, where it will transform everyday moments into celebrations of beauty, and where it will quietly remind its owners for generations to come that true craftsmanship the cradle of fine arts itself.
They remind us that in our hurried world, some things are worth the wait, worth the reverence, worth preserving.
Reclaiming the Sacred in Everyday Life
In a world increasingly dominated by mass production and digital experiences, our ceramics offer something profoundly different: the sacred made tangible.
Each ceramic embodies the dual aspects of the sacred—uniqueness, and relatedness. No two pieces emerge identical from the kiln; each bears the unrepeatable marks of fire, the potter's touch, the particular clay from which it was born. They invite us to linger and contemplate on the natural asymmetries and beauty of real human hands at work.
Yet each is also inseparable from its lineage, its story—the ancient techniques passed down through generations, the earth from which it came, the devout hands that shaped it, and the home it will grace. To surround ourselves with such objects is to choose the irreplaceable over the interchangeable of the mass market today.
When we drink our morning tea from a handcrafted cup, we reclaim our rightful dialogue between maker and user, between our history and the present moment. These imperfect, beautiful vessels become quiet teachers, reminding us that we too are unique and connected, worthy of beauty, deserving of the sacred woven into the fabric of our everyday lives.