Odyssey Collective Studio

South of Kathmandu in a small village called Bungamati, there are a collection of brick factories. The community of workers also live on the grounds where they hand-make bricks. After mud is solar-dried in the open air, bricks are loaded on a cart and taken by horse, to the furnace where they will be fired and hardened. I spent one hour observing this process, but the convoy of bricks continues all day.

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Red rice paste is centered over the third eye representing its awakening and illumination.

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Over time the cervial compression from carrying heavy loads results in unique spinal deformations.

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Future football stars greet everyone passing through Pho Bang the same way- with bright cheerful smiles, and an edgy salute that speaks to their way of life nestled in the crossroads of China and Vietnam.

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