Basketry and Souvenirs

When free of duties related to farming in the largely agrarian communities of the north, people would use whatever natural resources they had around them to create items for use in daily life, changing the designs they used through time as necessary. Creativity and design have added value to basketry, which can both serve practical purposes and be souvenirs or decorative items.

Artisans

Chiang Mai

Wicker Thailand

Bringing modernity to her family’s well-established business in Ban Tawai, Chiang Mai, was Pisuttinee “Som” Sa-gnuanrak main goal. The result was that she created Wicker Thailand, a brand specializing in

Lampang

Papacraft

Lampang is a charming city, with friendly people and Lanna architecture that is rich in history. Going there is relatively easy; it is only a two-hour drive from Chiang Mai.

Chiang Rai

Baanboon

Baanboon is a brand of Thai brooms hand-groomed for an international look. It is an extension of a 35-year-old family business called Somboonphon Craft, which makes and exports sorghum brooms.

Chiang Mai

Suranat Leather

My name is Suranat Buranapong. I live and work in Chiangmai. I just started learning leather work at the beginning of 2012 and have found that I have really enjoyed

Chiang Mai

Pa Bong Basketry Village

The villagers of Pa Bong, which in Northern Thai means bamboo forest, have been making practical household items out of bamboo for generations, turning ancient skills into a handicraft industry.

Chiang Mai

Ars-d-sine

Morakot “Kheaw” and Piyarat “Yui” Yosthamrong, the founders of Ars-d-sine, are alumni of Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. During Morakot’s final years in university, he started to think

Chiang Rai

Doi Tung

Doi Tung is a social enterprise operated by the Doi Tung Royal Development Project. Its goal is to be a business changing the world for the better by bridging the

Basketry and Souvenirs