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Craft villages and regional makers

Metalwork, pottery, silk and documented creative projects beyond the largest tourist centres.

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Art destinations

Phnom Penh art: museums, galleries and living archives

Build a day around Khmer sculpture, contemporary artists and moving images, rather than treating every cultural stop as a souvenir shop.

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Textile destinations

Koh Dach silk weaving: plan a thoughtful island visit

A weaving visit near Phnom Penh can reveal the work behind a scarf, provided the maker, material and visit arrangements stay at the centre.

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Craft villages

Koh Chen silver and copper craft: meet the makers

North of Phnom Penh, the Koh Chen area offers a different craft encounter: metal shaped, decorated and finished for practical, ceremonial and decorative use.

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Craft villages

Kampong Chhnang pottery: visiting Andong Russey

Follow the making of everyday clay objects and contemporary pieces in one of Cambodiaโ€™s best-known pottery areas.

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Textile destinations

Takeo and Prey Kabbas: understanding Cambodian silk

Look beyond a scarfโ€™s colour to the weaving decisions, household work and buying relationships behind silk from Takeo.

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Craft destinations

Pursat stone carving: a practical workshop guide

Pursat gives an art-focused journey between Phnom Penh and Battambang a useful stop: stone objects considered as skilled contemporary work.

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Art destinations

Kampot arts: inclusive performance, artists and heritage

Kampot deserves an arts visit as well as a food-and-river stop. Focus on named organisations and artists whose work makes the region more than a backdrop.

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Heritage destinations

Kampong Thom art: Sambor Prei Kuk and stone carving

Use Kampong Thom to connect ancient architectural detail with living sculpture, without treating present-day makers as anonymous extensions of the past.

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Textile destinations

Stung Treng silk: visiting Mekong Blue and its makers

A textile stop in Stung Treng can connect the finished scarf with design, dyeing and weaving at a named community organisation.

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Textile destinations

Northeast Cambodia textiles: name the community and maker

Explore Indigenous weaving in Ratanakiri and the wider northeast through specific documented work, rather than presenting many distinct peoples as a single style.

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