Textile tour in Thailand

An album of images taken by HALI Contributing Editor Cheri Hunter during last autumn’s textile extravaganza in Thailand, including the symposium at the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles in Bangkok (see HALI 179, pp.114-5), visits to private collections of Thai textiles, and an up-country tour of Thai silk weaving villages . Please click on the images for captions

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Cotton ikat in Udon Thani



Mature silk worms, ready for sleep



Hand-reeling silk from boiling cocoons






ikat sarong from Baan Hua Saphan



Baan Hua Saphan village ladies in welcome dance



Baan Hua Saphan village ladies in welcome dance






Finished cocoons, ready to reel



Weaving a band, Baan Pon



Phrae wa supplementary weft technique






Phu Thai weavers



Phu Thai weavers wearing phrae wa shoulder cloths



Cotton ikat in Udon Thani






Display of the Queen’s fashions in QSMT, Bangkok



Mat mee ikat yardage at Baan Na Pho



Tilleke & Gibbins Collection, Bangkok






ie-dyed textiles in the collection of Udom Riantrakool, Bangkok



Tilleke & Gibbins Collection, Bangkok



Phrae wa technique, Siam Society Collection, Bangkok






Siam Society Collection, Bangkok



Tilleke & Gibbins Collection, Bangkok



Display of the Queen’s fashions in QSMT, Bangkok






Display of the Queen’s fashions in QSMT, Bangkok



Flower offering, Siam Society, Bangkok



Still life arrangement in a teak house at the Siam Society, Bangkok






Siam Society Collection, Bangkok



Traditional teak houses in the garden of the Siam Society, Bangkok



Conservation lab in the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles






Meredith Straus, Conservator Julia Brennan, and Denver Art Museum Curator of Textiles Alice Zrebiec examine some of the Queen’s gowns in the QSMT conservation lab



Dressing a dancer for a Khon performance



Khon dance textile from Baan Tha Sawang, shown at the conference






Dressing a dancer for a Khon performance



Welcome dancer in Baan Pon



Khon dance demonstration put on for the conference






Costume complete



Khon dance demonstration put on for the conference



Dressing a dancer for a Khon performance






Dressing a dancer for a Khon performance



City fathers of Baan Hua Saphan in mat mee shirts



Rock ‘n’ Roll tour bus






Baan Hua Saphan logo



Tom Murray learns about worms



Feeding silkworms with fresh mulberry leaves






Distributing mature silkworms into trays to make cocoons



Dried flowers for dyes



Mat Mee ikat at Baan Na Pho






Water lily at Baan Na Pho



Silk tied for dyeing



All of the stages of sericulture






Tying patterns for ikat



QSMT Textile Curator Suttirat Kawaeporn_



Fermenting indigo at Baan Tha Sawang






Huge drawloom at Baan Tha Sawang



Pattern sticks on the drawlooms at Baan Tha Sawang



Pattern sticks and pattern harnesses on the drawlooms at Baan Tha Sawang






Embroidered couching at Baan Tha Sawang



Collection of Mr. Taragoommgernthai_



Baan Tha Sawang silk and metallic thread brocade






Baan Tha Sawang embroidery. Green sequins are made from beetle wings



Spirit House; there is one on every property in Thailand



ilk and metallic thread brocade on drawloom, woven from the back






Fashion show at Baan Tha Sawang



Fashion show at Baan Tha Sawang



Fashion show at Baan Tha Sawang






Fashion show at Baan Tha Sawang



Fashion show at Baan Tha Sawang



Fashion show at Baan Tha Sawang.






Silk reels at Baan Khampun



Old reel-holders in the form of Nagas at Baan Khampun



Silk ikat woven from the back at Baan Khampun






Tying silk for dyeing with palm fibre at Baan Khampun



Weaver at Baan Khampun



Tying ikat at Ban Khampun






Baan Khampun silk sarong



Supplementary weft decoration added to ikat at Baan Khampun



Baan Khampun’s collection of charming antique heddle pulleys






Unique carved loom that the owner of Baan Khampun had made for his mother



A few of Baan Khampun’s antique silk reelers



Pavillion of looms at Baan Khampun






Textile from Patricia Cheesman’s collection



Substances used for cotton dyeing at Pa-Da Textile Museum



Tied off ikat at Studio Naenna






Cooking pots at the Pa-Da Textile Museum



Colorful types of rice in Thailand



ld metal containers at Ban Rai Pai Ngarm cotton project






Handwoven textiles at Ban Rai Pai Ngarm Pa-Da Textile Museum



Textile from Patricia Cheesman’s collection



Musical atmosphere at Baan Khampun






Silk dyed with natural substances at Patricia Cheesman’s Studio Naenna



The blooming jungle view from Studio Naenna



Grounds of Baan Khampun, and pavilion housing Director Kun Meechai Taesuriya’s private museum






intage irons at the Pa-Da Textile Museum



Traditional kitchen with bundles of garlic hanging overhead at the Pa-Da Textile Museum



Display at the Pa-Da Cotton Textile Museum in Baan Rai Tai Ngarm, near Chiang Mai






Handwoven cotton yardage at the shop at the Saeng-Da Bunsiddhi Foundation at Baan Rai Pai Ngarm



Table centerpiece of fish carved from a squash



Khon dancers






Old wooden silk reeling spool, and holder in the form of a Naga



Khon dancers