- A family business headed by bald-headed patriarch Mr Phong Bui, the Timing Masks Workshop aims to preserve one of Vietnam’s oldest cultural activities: the art of mask making. A skilled artisan and mask maker, Bui emanates a Dalai Lama-like all-knowing calm. But there is a quiet strength too as he commands the attention of tourists and visitors through his passionate desire to share this tradition.
- Why is the company called The Timing Masks? The family chose this name in honor of the 30-year period their father, Phong Bui, worked to become the incredible he artisan he is. It also honors his efforts to keep his increasingly dying tradition alive.