Nguyen Thi Thuy TRANG

Nguyen Thi Thuy TRANG created the lovely embroidered items that you see on this website. Polio afflicted Trang's legs when she was five years old. Because of her inability to walk independently, Trang was unable to attend high school and unable as well to labor alongside her four sisters and brother on her family's little farm. So, at the age of eighteen, Trang travelled alone to the tourist town of Hoi An where, for the next eight years, she slept on the floor of various shops and in a homeless shelter while she learned the skills of embroidery and struggled to support herself. Two Disabled Vietnamese Craftswomen Trang now lives in Da Nang, where she works with the Steady Footsteps organization in order to help other disabled people like herself. In her spare time, she continues to create lovely embroidered pieces such as you see here. Trang is delighted to finally be financially independent and able to help her family as well as assisting others in need. Trang Prepares Typhoon Relief Supplies

Pink Butterflies on Silk Brocade

Butterfly on Pink Silk Brocade Bag
Pink butterflies grace this silk brocade shoulder bag.

Artist: Nguyen Thi Thuy TRANG.
Medium: Embroidery on silk brocade shoulder bag.
Size: 30 cm x 36 cm.

Price: $20 USD ($5 USD shipping)

Pink and Gold Dragonflies on Magenta Silk

Pink Dragonfly on Magenta Silk Brocade Bag
Pink and gold dragonflies on magenta silk brocade.

Artist: Nguyen Thi Thuy TRANG.
Medium: Embroidery on silk brocade shoulder bag.
Size: 30 cm x 36 cm.

Price: $20 USD ($5 USD shipping)

Golden Dragonflies on Black Silk

Dragonfly Shoulder Bag--Black
Golden dragonflies flutter across a black silk shoulder bag.

Artist: Nguyen Thi Thuy TRANG.
Medium: Embroidery on silk brocade shoulder bag.
Size: 30 cm x 36 cm.

Price: $20 USD ($5 USD shipping)

Red Geckos on Flowered Brown Silk

Embroidered Red Geckos on Brown Silk Brocade Bag
Two red geckos scurry across a brown silk brocade shoulder bag.

Artist: Nguyen Thi Thuy TRANG.
Medium: Embroidery on silk brocade shoulder bag.
Size: 30 cm x 36 cm. 

Price: $20 USD ($5 USD shipping)

Black Geckos on Blue Silk Brocade

Black Geckos on a Blue Silk Bag
Two embroidered black geckos cavort on a blue silk brocade shoulder bag.

Artist: Nguyen Thi Thuy TRANG.
Medium: Embroidery on silk brocade shoulder bag.
Size: 30 cm x 36 cm. 

Price: $20 USD ($5 USD shipping)

Red Dragonfly with Gold Bamboo

Embroidered Dragonfly with Bamboo
An embroidered red dragonfly alights on golden bamboo on this silk brocade pillow cover.

Artist: Nguyen Thi Thuy TRANG.
Medium: Embroidery on silk brocade pillow cover.
Size: 48 cm x 48 cm.

Price: $20 USD ($5 USD shipping)

Red Hibiscus with Bee

Embroidered Silk Pillow Cover

An embroidered bee alights on a scarlet hibiscus blossom on this silk brocade pillow cover.
 
Artist: Nguyen Thi Thuy TRANG.
Medium: Embroidery on silk brocade pillow cover.
Size: 48 cm x 48 cm. 

Price: $20 USD ($5 USD shipping)