About Us
My name is Clare and I'm an ex-TV Producer who fell in love with Vietnam and now imports artisan ceramics from female owned potteries. I'm passionate about the country, the people and the unique ceramics and gifts.
When I visiting Ho Chi Minh City I came across a beautiful ceramics shop and bought many gorgeous cups and bowls. This gave me the idea to start East Holly West - and I got in touch with Hien and worked with her to directly import her wonderful products.
It's important that the products that I source and sell are manufactured sustainably and have ethical working practices.
East Holly West is about sharing my passion for this part of the world by curating a collection of items that I have loved on my travels.
I hope you like them as much as I do.
Bring South East Asia Home
TuHu's female founder has a dream and vision of recreating traditional Lai Thieu & Sông Bé stoneware in a modern Vietnam and her love for handmade pottery in general have brought Tuhu's pottery to life.
Their Mission statments are:
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To improve the quality of life for all workers and artists in the ceramic industry in order to equip them for a better future.
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We carefully choose our materials, manufacturing practices, and energy usage to minimize our environmental impact. It’s all part of our commitment to the environment at every stage – from design & packaging to manufacturing to disposal.
About Tuhu Ceramics
Founded in year 2017, Tu Hu began the journey with our first collection, namely “The color is blue”. The collection represented our love for the time-honored household ceramics line of the old Song Be province in the South of Vietnam.
Beyond that love, we have been dedicating our passion for passing on a contemporary spirit on the conventional base to our traditional products.
We proudly bring a genuine piece of Vietnam’s history closer to, and adapt the infusion of the old, of the news to our modern life.
Dreaming of becoming one of the leading handcrafted household ceramics brands along with our love for traditional pottery, we are committed to continue preserving and contributing to this artisan business.
We see ceramics as our lifestyle and career encouraging our enthusiasm for nurturing our beautiful unique Vietnamese’ culture and tradition. This is our dedicated appreciation for the founding fathers of Viet pottery.
