HAPPY 4TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE STUDIO SAIGON
By Richie Fawcett Happy Birthday to The Studio The Studio Saigon . Huge thanks to everyone who has supported the Studio over the years on this day 4 years ago we started out on a journey into the world of cocktails and art. We had no idea where we were going…and we still don’t ! […]
ILLUSTRATED BARTENDER TECHNIQUE GUIDE COMES IN HANDY IN LOCKDOWN…AKA THE GREAT SHAKE DOWN.
BY Richie Fawcett Ever fancied yourself behind the bar in a swanky cocktail bar with a crowd of people drinking your drinks and loving every move you make? Well, keep dreaming because those days are over for quite a while. One thing that is certain is that there will be a day or night when […]
New “Sai Gon Dep Lam” remastered video Artwork Collaboration With Saigon Supersound and Artist Richie Fawcett
Artist Richie Fawcett from the Studio Saigon is very excited to be be asked to collaborate with Saigon Supersound on their upcoming videos to accompany the timeless classic “Saigon Dep Lam” by Carol Kim. Studio Saigon’s resident artist ( literally as he’s locked down for two weeks ) Richie Fawcett, is excited and proud to […]
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 COCKTAILS AND SKETCHES – NUMBER 14 – THE BASON SHIPYARD, HCMC, VIETNAM.
The shipyards founder was Nguyen Phuc Anh, after reoccupying Gia Dinh from the Tay Son rebellion 1790, he established the royal naval workshops in Ben Nghe (Saigon) to assemble a fleet of of modern warships. These ships were used to fight the rebels. After 1862 the shipyard was taken over by The French who stationed […]
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 COCKTAILS AND SKETCHES – NUMBER13 – SAIGON BEER BREWERY, HCMC, VIETNAM
By Richie Fawcett BUILDING Demolished in 2015, the Sabeco brewery building was built in the 1920’s as the warehouse of Brasseries et Glacieres de I’ndochine (BGI), a company which originated in the late 19th century as Victor Larue’s “Larue Freres Industriels-Glacieres-Brasseries and sold beer, ice and later soft drinks throughout Indochina. It became well known […]
Art World exclusive -The first combination of an original Pen and Ink sketch, combined with an LED back-lit frame to give the most beautiful 3D rendition of a Hilltop Italian Town with the glow of the lights in the houses and Church. July 2021 by Richie Fawcett.
MAKING OF 4.5M X 3M LED LIGHT PICTURE OF THE SAIGON SKYLINE 2021
The Artist – A short film by Alex Ling
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 COCKTAILS AND SKETCHES – NUMBER 12 – THE PEOPLES COMMITTEE COCKTAIL
By Richie Fawcett BUILDING The building was constructed between 1901 and 1908 and inaugurated in 1909 as the Saigon City Hall ( Hotel de Ville ). It was designed by Gardens, a famous French architect. This building is one of the largest and most beautiful French style buildings in Ho Chi Minh City, functioning both […]
STREETS, STREETS, STREETS. SAIGON’S ONCE BUSTLING STREETS HAVE NOW FALLEN SILENT…BUT THEY WILL BOUNCE BACK…A visual story describing the rise, fall, rise, fall and rise again of Saigon, aka modern day Ho Chi Minh City by Richie Fawcett
Once upon a time ago in Saigon, the streets were silent. All through the 80’s the streets, although not silent, were not brimming with the life we have witnessed here in the last decade, recovering from years of conflict the country eventually opened up in the early 1990’s and the economy started to improve, slowly. […]
