Coconut and grapefruit are two familiar fruits used by people in the West on Tet holiday.However, through Le Thi Ngoc Phuoc's hand (39 years old, Cai Khe ward, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city), the value and aesthetics of these two fruits have been increased many times.
Celested with gold -plated fruit in one time reading the newspaper found that people were inlaid with tables, chairs, houses ... very beautiful, so Phuoc bought things to try on fruit.Through many experiments, Ms. Phuoc realized that the fruits with smooth gold -plated shells were very beautiful, especially on grapefruit and coconut very durable.Particularly, watermelon also has a shell, but when gold is very easy to flood, not long.
To complete a gold -plated product, it is necessary to go through many stages.First, the worker must choose a large round fruit, smooth surface, not too young;Then clean it really clean, followed by glue, then dried glue to use yellow leaves to cover evenly.After that, the worker will use a light brush to make the excess gold fall, then use a smooth brush to beat the shadow.
Yellow leaves are used to cover grapefruit and coconut.
Ms. Phuoc performed gold -plated on grapefruit.
Depending on the left size, Ms. Phuoc will use about 50 - 55 pieces of yellow leaves (9x9cm format) to cover the surface evenly.
Because yellow leaves are very thin and easy to tear or folded will not be beautiful, it requires the worker to be skillful and meticulous.
Time to complete a average product takes about 40 minutes.
Use a yellow leaf brush to create a beautiful gloss for coconut.
Paste more red paper to make the product more eye -catching.
Gold fruit after the finished product.In the days near the New Year of the Rabbit 2023, Ms. Phuoc is busy day and night to complete 100 pairs of coconuts and grapefruit according to customers' orders.Accordingly, yellow coconut is priced from 200,000 - 300,000 VND/pair, gold grapefruit costs from 300,000 - 370,000 VND/pair.