Dong Gia Ceramics – A Leading Handcrafted Reactive High-fired Glazes brand.

Since 2006

The reactive glazing technique bears the breath of history and has existed for over 1000 years. However, it has faded away gradually since the Industrial Revolution. Benefiting from forty-year experiences in reactive high-fired glazes, Mr Jarlov and his wife Phan Thi Thuy Mai returned to Vietnam from France to pursue their passion for preserving this traditional art by developing quality ceramics using available local resources, with a touch of contemporary aesthetic. Đông Gia Ceramics then, was born and located in the Mekong Delta in 2008. Nowadays, Đông Gia is proudly one of the leading high-quality reactive glaze-fired ceramics brands in Vietnam, which is well-known for its 100%Vietnamese craftsmanship, selected local ingredients, skilled firing techniques up to 1.300 Celsius degrees and unique contemporary art under the guidance of the master ceramist Francois Jarlov. 

Story of the founder

DIRECTOR – CO-FOUNDER

PHAN THI THUY MAI

Mrs Thuy Mai is the Owner of Dong Gia Enterprise and Déco Objects. Graduated in Vietnam from Foreign Trade University in HCM city, she had moved to France for 4 years to join her husband.

Coming back from France in 2006 with the dream of making good products from good local material, Mrs Thuy Mai had firstly set up her family workshop in Go Cong Town, Tien Giang Province firstly to research the use of Vietnamese material in composing glaze for the high-temperature province. Thuy Mai had got the third price of Research Tan Lap Clay in developing for making ceramics products in Tien Giang Province.

Her dream is to make sustainable ceramic products for everyday use. The brand name Dong Gia means The Home of Occident, is known nowadays by many hotels and fine restaurants in Vietnam as well as overseas. The symbol of the lotus with a sunset tells the story of products was born thanks to the combination of West and East.

FRANCOIS JALOV

FRANCOIS JALOV

Starting his career as a ceramicist since 1978 aged 18; however, Francois had started to paint and sell his painting since the age of 13.

During his journey of creation, Ceramics gives him the passion of discovering new glazes and form which he had transferred in objects all that he feels of the architect of his surroundings. His paintings are the joys of moment relaxing and playing which colours.

Both of his paintings and ceramics objects have been exhibited in many countries such as Japan, Vietnam, Germany, Portugal, Egypt, Turkey, Canada etc. Nowadays, he shares his life between France and Vietnam, he never stops creating for Dong Gia. All lines of Dong Gia’s products, as well as beautiful glazes, are his creations.

Besides that, Francois loves to write and he has published 5 books until now which the book UNDER THE SIGN of THE BLUE DRAGON is one of the best seller books about Vietnam.

Our capacity

Fully equipped to ensure both quality and capacity, right now, Dong Gia Ceramics has its own supply chain for the domestic & international markets and a  team of experienced and trained ceramists:

  • 01 R&D hub & workshop in Go Cong Town, Tien Giang Province 
  • 01 Workshop hub in Bat Trang Ward, Gia Lam Dist, Ha Noi
  • 02 showrooms in Thao Dien Ward, Ho Chi Minh City
  • 01 head office in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City
  • 04 Warehouse in Ho Chi Minh City & Ha Noi
  • Operation Kilns: 3 kilns, 11 m3 per kiln. Workshop area: 1100 m2 
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