Designing a wedding dress for my best friend. From design idea to realization

Among of so many Hill Tribe fabrics that our mom has been kept for long, my sister took some of them to remake, and this is one of them. From the "sailor collar" inspiration, she turns the classic fabric into a bit modern style clothes, but still let the hill tribe fabric be the center of the design. 私たちのお母さんが持っている山岳民族の民族衣装布のコレクションの中に、お姉さんは一つを選んで、新しいものを作り直します。彼女は、山岳民族の民族衣装布を中心としながら、セーラーカラーからインスピレーションを受けて、 新しく見える服を作っています。 I think what so important on using old fabric in modern

I just finished my new work. I felt like doing something feel light and sweet, so I came up with this. Like flowers that fall and float from tree by the cool breeze in Spring....wait, I know it is Autumn now, but in Thailand is all year Summer, so I have a right to imagine. lol Since I use see-through fabric, I use organzas silk for decorating as well, to make more layers. Using little flower laces gives much more delicate look than big one. Finished! Let's celebrate with hot

If you are one person who collect those cookies's paper boxes in your house, let's turn them into pretty present boxes. ถ้าคุณเป็นคนหนึ่งที่สะสมกล่องกระดาษน่ารักๆ แต่เก็บนานๆก็มีเยอะมาก เอาไปทำอะไรดี เรามาเปลี่ยนมันให้เป็นกล่องของขวัญน่ารักๆกันดีกว่า When I have to give a present to someone, it is so busy finding both box and paper wrap, I decided to paint on them, so I can use them without wrapping. I use acrylic colors for painting. เวลาที่เราต้องหาของขวัญ สิ่งที่วุ่นวาย

Weeks before I wrote about Niellowares that my mom has been collected (My mom's Niellowares), this time I will write about Niellowares again, but what difference is this is about jewelry. Golden Niello and silver Niello technique's first appearances was unknown, but now it seems to be one of the Thai jewelry making techniques which represents our Thai arts very well. These are all my mother's designs. She combines her new design to Niellowares. Old technique can looks pretty

“Work first – play later“ , one of the illustrated books published by POP PAP publishing company in Prague, is drawn by Yakubovskaya Olga – a Belarusian illustrator/artist who now bases in Prague (Czech Republic). The POP PAP Publishing publishes books with unusual formats, flip books etc. Olga’s book is also unusual. It has cut outs at every page and every copy sewn by hand. This book is about professions and subcultures, about how life and interests of everyone is diverse b

Our family apartment is still under the decoration (read the first part at SUPER HOME SWEET HOME), now it is about light. So, it is a good time for my sister and I to go unpack all the lamps which my mom has been collecting for long. 今回は、住宅の照明に関するポストです。私たちのマンションは現在、装飾中です。家の装飾を契機に、お母さんが収集した大きいシャンデリアのコレクション箱から出して寄せて合わせて見た。 อพาร์ทเม้นท์ใหม่ของบ้านเราก็ยังคงดำเนินการตกแต่งอย่างค่อยเป็นค่อยไป (ตามอ่านภาคแรกได้ที่ SUPER HOME SWEET HOME) คราวนี้ถึงตอนเลือกโคมไฟในบ้าน ก็เป็นเวลาที่ด

Jewelry is not all about gold or diamond, jewelry is art. That's what my mom taught me. My mom is a jewelry designer, and these are part of her designs. In this collection.She uses Japanese beading technique with real gemstones such as moonstone, amethyst, or even ruby. Despite the weight of real gemstones, the using of this technique make the jewels become a lot lighter, and easier to wear. ジュエリーとは、貴金属や宝石類だけじゃなくて、アートの一つである。そのようにお母さんに教えられた。 私のお母さんはジュエリーデザイナーである。それはお母さんの作品の事例で

The fabrics you see in this photo are all embroidered.....yes, even the background. These fabrics are the works from the member of the SUPPORT foundation which we took them and designed them into clothes, combining to Thai silk and laces. ผ้าที่ทุกคนเห็นในรูปนี้เป็นผ้าปักมือทั้งผืนนะคะ ......ใช่แล้ว แม้แต่พื้นด้านหลังที่เป็นสีเรียบๆก็ปักมือทั้งหมดเลยนะ ผ้าปักมือเหล่านี้ เป็นงานผ้าปักจากสมาชิกศีลปาชีพ ที่พวกเราได้ไปซื้อมาเก็บไว้ตอนมีงานตามที่ต่างๆ เอามาทำเป็นเสื้อผสมกับผ้าไหมบ

In my family, it is usual to see our mom wears Thai Silk, she always looks elegant even when she combines it with sneakers, and that makes me want to wear Thai Silk but in my style. Lately my sister and I have been doing some Thai Silk design, nothing so extra-ordinary to us, but just something we would wear on our daily basis. 私のお母さんはタイシルクを着ることは珍しくない。お母さんは、スニーカーと一緒に着ても、優美に見える。それを見て、私もタイシルクを着て欲しくなった。しかし私のスタイルで。最近私と姉と一緒にタイシルクを材料として使い、日常でも着られる簡単なデザインのシャツとスカートを作った。 ครอบครัวของ

As a craft maker, I really couldn't stop myself after seeing plain shirts, something is needed to be done... Of course, there is nothing wrong with simple plain shirts which I too have, but sometimes we all need that "special shirt" for special moment. These are some of my works for my customers. クラフトアーチストとして白いシャツを見ると、何かを飾りたい自分を止められません。もちろん、白い単純なシャツの存在は何も悪いことがありませんが、時々特別な時のために特別なシャツが必要になります。 これは、お客様のために私が飾ったシャツの事例です。 ในฐานะที่เป็นคนทำงาน craft เวลาที่เห็นเสื้อเชิ้ตโล่งๆ ทีไร

To me, stitching is like drawing, when fabrics are papers, needles are brushes, and threads are colors. It is just another to express your art. Don't​ you think so? 私にとって刺繍は絵を描くことのようです。紙として布、筆として針、色として糸を使えます。それは自分を表す一つの方法です。みなさん、どう思いますか。 สำหรับฉัน การปักผ้าก็เหมือนการวาดรูป เพียงแค่ จากกระดาษเป็นผ้า จากพู่กันเป็นเข็มเย็บ สีต่างๆก็เปลี่ยนด้ายหรือไหม มันเป็นเพียงการแสดงออกทางศิลปะในรูปแบบที่ต่างออกไปเท่านั้นเอง คิดเหมือนกันมั้ยคะ? #THEHANDMADEDIARY #HANDMADE #EMBROIDERED #DESIG

I believe most of you guys have heard the word "Thai Silk". Yes, our tradition Thai Silk has been well-known for years of its smoothness and being souvenir​ from Thailand. But is it just for clothes? What about jewelry? Ornaments & L'or (read as La-or ; a Thai word means beautiful)is a Thai handmade jewelry brand and is also one of brands that was chosen from Tokyo DESIGN Week 2016 as Good Design Awards. Supatchana Limwongse, the Design Director has the unique idea of bringi

Yes, you didn't read it wrong. I really wrote the word library! TCDC (Thailand Creative & Design Center) has been the one and only library that I have most visited since my university time. Always full of inspiration, not only for art students, this place is for everyone. TCDC has moved to new place, located at the Grand Postal Building in Charoenkrug road. It is bigger and full of historical atmosphere. Plus, it is free to enter from now until the end of May,2017. So, if you

Back to the university time when I was studying jewelry design, there were only 15 of us, so we pretty much knew each other well since the room was so tiny and nowhere to hide. Haha. Classes were fun, we were be able to choose extra classes as we were interested in, wood printing, ceramic, painting, stage making, etc. Every elements we had a chance to learn were a part of design we made. Art students often stay at university for long hours due to the tools using....this long

Chiang Mai, located at the Northern part of Thailand, is one famous destination for art and craft works. If you wander around the town, you will find many little shop selling hand-weaved cotton, or local fabric. Very much fun for craft person who likes to collect materials like my sister and I. タイ・北部にあるチエンマイという都市は、アートやクラフトアートの中心である。町で歩ききた時、いろいろな織物屋織物屋があります。本当に楽しかったです！クラフト好きな人にとって、この町で行かなければなりません。 เชียงใหม่เป็นอีกหนึ่งสถานที่ที่มีชื่อเสียงด้านงานศิลปะและงานฝีมือสมัยใหม่ ถ้าเรา

I got this Obi(a part of Kimono using to warp around waist) from one shop at Teramachi, Kyoto. I didn't know what to do with it at first when I bought, but the red and gold combination made me decide to bring it home to Thailand. Nothing can be matched this Obi than a unique design dress. I chose 2 Thai fabrics to work with this Obi. The yellowish-brown one is a natural-dyed hemp fabric, and the blue-brown plaid fabric is a hand-weaved cotton from northeast of Thailand. I d

"Hanami" or Japanese Cherry Blossom season in Nagasaki is like my secret base! While people in Tokyo or Kyoto are fighting for spaces to enjoy the Hanami. Here, upon the mountain with almost 200 Sakura tree, I took tons of photos, probably enough to post on blog for next 2 spring until Olympic 2020.....Ok, I hope not, so I can go visit my secret base again, and maybe discover some new places. :D 花見の時、私の秘密ベースは長崎です。桜が咲いたら、東京でとか京都でとか、人が多いです。あるの長崎県長崎県の山の中では二百ぐらいの桜の木があります。私と家族はたくさ