“Aymé learned lacquer in the 1920s from a Japanese master. It is an ancient art and, at the time, it was dying out and the techniques were not being passed on to the next generation. Alix not only taught her students how to use lacquer, but how to paint with it, creating art that transcended the merely decorative. She also introduced the use of gold and silver leaf and fragments of duck egg to produce a pure white, techniques that were unknown in the earlier Indochinese tradition. Today, lacquer is thriving in Vietnam and Alix Aymé is really responsible for rescuing that tradition.” (https://www.incollect.com/articles/alix-aym-will-be-the-focus-of-a-new-documentary-produced-by-fletcher-copenhaver-fine-art)