Fah Thai Magazine - Inflight Magazine of Bangkok Airways Issue Jul-Aug 2023

two styles of the talismans – the
Phra Nang Phaya Saneh Chan for
charm and power and Phra Luang
Prathan Phon for prosperity.
“Press the clay into the
mould firmly. You can use your
thumbprint or a symbol to mark
the amulet as your own before
popping it out from the mould,”
Kob grins as he engraves the back
of the tablets with Khmer script.
The firing process takes about
eight hours and the clay amulets
are delivered to participants the
following day. Kob also runs
workshops teaching participants
how to handle a bow and arrow,
Sukhothai style. The 60-minute
workshop costs 300 baht per person.
The artisans are skilful in weaving
the decorative hem (teen jok)
of phasin, requiring intricate
techniques to create the complicated
and exquisite patterns.
If weaving is more your
thing, Suntree Thai Textile
in Si Satchanalai district is a
living museum showcasing the
production process for phasin or
wraparound skirts – from selecting
the locally grown cotton types
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and hand-spinning the thread, to
dyeing and weaving.
Top Left
Suntree Wichitnak,
Suntree Thai Textile is
founder of Suntree
renowned for preserving nine
Thai Textile, who
traditional patterns illustrating the was bestowed
the title of master
rich heritage of Thai-Phuan people
artisan by the
living in the area. The artisans are SUPPORT Arts and
skilful in weaving the decorative Crafts International
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hem (teen jok) of phasin, requiring
intricate techniques to create the
complicated and exquisite patterns.
“A weaver normally takes about two months to complete an
Top Right
Raweewan
Khanadnid follows
her mother,
Suntree’s footsteps
in traditional
textile weaving
Others
Suntree Thai
Textile is like a
living museum
where visitors learn
and participate in
the weaving
process and
ornament making
elaborate teen jok and the body
of the skirt with a handloom. The
completed item can cost up to
15,000 baht for a cotton phasin
or 100,000 baht for one woven
with silk and golden thread,”
says Raweewan Khanadnid, who
inherited the family business from
her mother, Suntree Wichitnak.
Suntree was bestowed the title
of master artisan by the SUPPORT
Arts and Crafts International Centre
of Thailand.
Visitors can learn how to weave
intricate teen jok patterns in a
120-minute workshop that costs
600 baht per person, including
materials and refreshments. For
an easier option, it takes about
60 minutes to learn how to make
earrings, keychains, or bag charms
from a range of materials including
pom-poms, textile scraps, beads,
tassels, and fabric buttons. The
fees range from 200 to 350 baht
per person.
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