We started SONORAVN to slow things down. Not another catalogue of things made quickly and shipped cheaply, but a small collection of goods made by hand, in small batches, by people who know the materials well.
Everything begins in Vietnam — water hyacinth cleared from waterways in the Mekong Delta, rattan grown between rice seasons, coconut shells that would otherwise be discarded, silk offcuts from Hanoi's weaving houses. We work directly with the artisan groups and social enterprises who turn these materials into something worth keeping.
We don't design a product first and look for someone to make it. We find people who already know a material well — water hyacinth weavers by the river, rattan workshops between rice seasons, the artisans at Vụn Art in Hanoi — and we build the collection around what they already do best.
That means smaller batches, longer lead times, and pieces that don't look quite like anything mass-produced. As SONORAVN grows, this is the part we're not willing to trade away.
Our workshops are based in and around Hanoi and the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Every piece ships from Vietnam, made in small workshops, not factories.
