Su said while repairing a kitchen nearly a decade ago, he took shiny black bamboo down from the roof, and a piece was scratched, revealing its white stalk. He carved a portrait on the piece of bamboo, and then the idea of drawing pictures from smoke was generated (Photo: VNA) 
Bamboo splints are joined to from the base for the pictures (Photo: VNA) 
Bamboo splints are joined to from the base for the pictures (Photo: VNA) 
The picture base is put above a cooking stove to be smoked for three months to attain the right colour (Photo: VNA) 
Tools to make smoked pictures (Photo: VNA) 
Su etches small lines with a needle, then he scrapes off the black smoke layer using a small knife (Photo: VNA) 
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A picture entitled 'Before the earthquake' (Photo: VNA) 
A picture entitled 'After the earthquake' (Photo: VNA) 
A picture on Vietnam's sea and islands (Photo: VNA) 
It takes about six months to create a picture from cooking smoke (Photo: VNA)
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Su says he is also trying to make smoked pictures from glass and mica (Photo: VNA) VNA
