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Cynthia Mann
Director/Designer at Future Traditions
Member Since: Available to Members
About
Cynthia Mann is a Melbourne designer. She has a background in the arts, film and television and education. Her brand Future Traditions blends traditional crafts with contemporary designs to produce unique pieces of clothing and jewellery.
Stemming from her love for Vietnamese ethnic minority textiles, Cynthia has been working directly with local communities in the north of Vietnam since 2014 to create new markets for ‘at risk’ handicrafts. The result: unique pieces of batik, indigo hemp and embroidery integrated into contemporary street wear for women.
Cynthia also designs sterling silver jewellery made from ocean-polished sea glass and fragments of ceramics that have washed up on the Vietnamese coastline. Some pieces are the remnants of discarded broken plates tossed overboard by local fishermen. Other pieces come from the many trading ships that were wrecked off the coast in the 18th and 19th centuries. Each piece is unique.
Industry: Retails
streetAddress: 17, 11/18 (Ngo 45) To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi
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Honorary Member: Available to Members