Products

Ceramics

We offer a range of handmade designer style vases. Made in a small workshop located near Chiang Mai northern Thailand, these are available in a number of different shapes and sizes. They are made by pouring a liquid clay mix into molds. Before the clay has fully hardend the vase is removed from the mold and finished by hand before painting and firing in the oven. The photographs in our gallery show ceramic vases at various of manufacture.

Mango Wood

Mango wood is a beautiful wood for making decorative items such as bowls and vases. It is easily worked, and because the Mango tree is quick growing is a sustainable resource. On harvesting the wood is chopped up into manageable sized blocks, kiln dried, then hand turned by skilled craftmen. After hand carving as required some items are treated with dye, others left a natural colour, finally they are given a protective lacquer varnish creating a highly polished finish. Mango wood vases and bowls are decorative items and should not be used to hold water or other liquids. The photographs in our gallery show mango wood vases at various stages of manufacture.

Artificial Flowers

We supply artificial flowers made by skilled Thai nationals who live in the UK. These flowers are made using the traditional fabric and wire technique, where coloured fabric is stretched over wire frames, creating strikingly beautiful flowers. All the material used in their creation are imported from Thailand, were they are manufactured specifically for this craft. Over 20 different fabric colours are available. Generally flowers are supplied on a made to order basis and when ordered from our website will be delivered in 1 - 2 weeks.

Paper Sculptures

We supply paper sculptures made by skilled Thai nationals who live in the UK. Each sculpture is made by hand folding hundreds of small squares of coloured paper to form interlockable pieces. These pieces are then built up to form the finished sculpture. Generally our paper sculptures are supplied on a made to order basis and when ordered from our website will be delivered in 1 - 2 weeks.

Scrap Metal Sculptures

We supply scrap metal sculptures made by the Thai sculpture artist Mai Sudjai bsed in Bangkok. More information on his scrap metal art can be found at METAL ART UK. We believe the scrap metal sculptures made by the Mai Sudjai are the best available, yes there are a number of other suppliers out there, we have seen many, and yes some are less expensive, but none come close to the workmanship shown by Mai and his team. We promise you will not be disappointed.

For the Future

During 2010 we hope to offer handmade teak wood carvings, jewellery, and silk products.

In order to protect the slow growing teak forests (the harvesting of which has been severly restricted), we will only be importing products made from reclaimed teak wood.

We also hope to offer a range of handmade jewellery, and silk products. Many wonderful types of handmade jewellery are made in the northern areas of the country, especially by the Thai Karen hill tribes who make extensive use of high quality silver. The higher silver content typically over 95% (compared to sterling silver, which is 92.5%) makes the pieces softer and easier to shape. Oxidation, hammer marks, and slight design variances are part of the allure of these distinctive pieces. Usually, Karen Hill Tribe Silver goes through an oxidation process. This causes the silver items to turn black. The silver is then polished leaving the black coloring only in the grooves of the item, this allows tiny details and patterns to stand out.

Silk products begin with the humble silk worms, from moths that feed on mulberry leaves located in the Korat Plateau and Chiang Mai. As the silk worm prepares for its transformation from a larva to a pupa, it spins a cocoon of silk that is produced from its salivary glands. The silk worms in their cocoons never make it to the next stage, as after they are cultivated, and dropped in boiling water to separate the raw silk thread. The silk cocoon is made from a single strand of thread, between 200 and 1,500 metres long. Many threads are combined for a thicker fibre before they are washed, dyed and wound into drums. At the weavers, hand looms are used to create natural blended patterns and textures unique to Thailand. One weaver can sometimes spend one day creating just four metres of silk, which will be used to make handkerchiefs, blouses, scarves, bathrobes, suits, jackets, bed sheets and decorative umbrellas and fans.