Art & Craft shopping in Laos
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Baan Khily Gallery
This beautiful old building carries a collection of unique and carefully selected Lao crafts, including handmade sǎa (mulberry bark) paper. This gallery started the revival of sǎa arts in Laos. There are books on the region, artworks, an upstairs gallery with rotating exhibits, a knowledgeable owner and an upstairs veranda ideal for tea-sipping.
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Phaeng Mai Gallery
To see Lao weaving in action, seek out the weaving district of Ban Nong Buathong, northeast of the town centre in Muang Chanthabuli. The Phaeng Mai Gallery here is in a white, two-storeyhouse. It sells Lao textiles and is out past the National Circus – most tuk-tuk drivers know it and will charge about US$2 one way.
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Camacrafts
One of the stores on Th Nokeo Khumman worth a look is Camacrafts which stocks silk clothes and weavings from Xieng Khuang Province, plus some bed and cushion covers in striking Hmong-inspired designs.
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Fibre2Fabric
This nonprofit gallery curates three exhibitions annually and promotes textiles from the diverse ethnic minorities of Laos. The quality is superb and the products are an education in Lao culture in themselves.
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Panfa Art
This small textiles shop on the main street sells some truly stunning scarves and wall hangings made from raw silk. It’s all locally crafted and the workmanship of some of the pieces is quite bamboozling.
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Satri Lao
This tastefully presented three-storey shop has an eclectic range of local and imported handicrafts and clothes – from miniskirts and bikinis made from Hmong weavings to lacquer portraits of Ho Chi Minh.
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Khampan Lao Handicraft
Khampan Lao Handicraft on Th Nokeo Khumman, has textiles from the Sam Neua area at very reasonable prices and is worth a look.
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Nikone Handicrafts
Located out near the National Circus, this is another good place to see weaving and dyeing in action.
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True Colour
This store sells textiles and clothes made in the Houey Hong Vocational Training Center for Women.
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