What to Buy

The charming city is the hub of tourist destinations and business operating. Phnom Penh is the cluster of local and imported products from other provinces and countries. One Village One Product, organized by the Government, is a concept to make local products with high quality by using existing local raw materials and skills selling at national and international markets in order to increase the income of rural families. One Village One Product is eager to promote and encourage people to have concept in creating one or more products with good quality. The tourism linked products such as handicrafts, souvenirs, carving, gem stones, ceramics, arts, fruit and vegetable and more... 

Cambodia Silk

Is known as a traditional existing raw material getting from mulberry trees, providing silkworm feed to silk dyeing and weaving. The luxurious touch of the silk and ranges of colors produced in Cambodia can be elegant, alluring and prized by silk collectors over the world. It is used for souvenirs, handicrafts and bed coverings such as quilts, pillow covers, cushions, duvets — available at the Me-kong Quilts located at house 49 street 240. Silk can be sewn and woven into many designs and patterns for interior designs in pillow cases, lounges, soft furnish-ings, draperies, lampshades, even silk flowers. Mainly twill weave, Cambodian silk in 2-ply, raw silk, and silk organza for elegant dresses and other clothing for men and women. Cambodian silks are available across the town and Russian Market or The one specializing in silk-maker is Angkor silk farm providing basic mulberry tree growing to silk weaving located in Puok District, Siem Reap Province

Statues & Carving

 

The University of Fine Art offers many skills including sculpture, the ancient heritage. It paves the way to the method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone, metal or wood as Buddha and various Hindu gods, personage images and various souvenirs. Cambodia's best-known stone carving adorns the temples of Anekor, which are "renowned for the scale, richness and detail of their sculpture". In modern times, however, the art of stone carving become rare, largely because older sculptures survived undamaged for centuries (eliminating the need for replacements) and because of the use of cement molds for modern temple architecture. By the 1970s and 1980s. the craft of stone carving was nearly lost. University of fine art located northwest of Royal palace and accompanied by a dozen of art gallery, painting, statue and carving shops. Furthermore, Artisans d'Angkor has been inheriting the ancient Khmer art and craft since 1998 by providing a quality education on art & craft to young Khmer coming from rural area through an entirely fee off charge and paid training. You are welcome to a free guided tour in Artisans d'Angkor workshop located in Puok District Siem Reap Province.

Silverwork

Even the genocide regime almost terminated everything and all Cambodian lives but now all parts and fields are flourishing like the sun is shining including "Sil-verwork". Silverwork in Cambodia dates back centuries. The Royal Palace traditionally patronized silversmiths' workshops, and silversmiths remain concentrated at Kompong Luong, near the former royal capital of Oudong. Silver was made into a variety of items, including weaponry. coins, ceremonial objects used in funerary and religious rituals, and betel boxes. During cambodia's colonial period, artisans at the School of Fine Art produced celebrated silverwork, and by the late 1930s there were more than 600 silversmiths. Today, silver-work is traditional popular for boxes, jewelry, and souvenir items such as betel box also known as areca nut container, these are often adorned with fruit, fire, and Angkor-inspired motifs. Men produce most of the forms for such work, but women often complete the intricate filigree.