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Ban Tawai village was awarded OTOP Tourism Village of Thailand because of its unique character as the wood carving village. Ban-Tawai has also earned world-wide reputation from its skills and craftsmanship for decades. Nowadays the craftsmen continue to deliver the good-quality handmade merchandises and a wide variety of wood carvings and other decorative items e.g. wood carving, wood-strips, gold leaf wood, antique wood, silverware, lacquer ware, hand-woven textile, basketry and earthenware and much more.
The art of wooden handicrafts at Ban Tawai
• Wood-Carving : typical woodwork at Ban Tawai
• Wood Texture - Polishing : polished in order to bring out the beauty of wood texture
• Crackle Paint Wood : a paint that produce a crackled effect on the wood
• Wood Antiquing : new wood made to look like antiques
Besides, furniture manufacturing is one of the mainstays of Ban Tawai. There is wooden furniture to suit all tastes and styles from the rustic to the very latest styles. Much of the furniture is made from farmed or reclaimed teak and is for sale at a fraction of the price in the west. If you see a piece you like, it is worth looking at having it shipped home as even with haulage costs the savings are considerable. There are many shipping agents around Ban Tawai that can make arrangements for you but please be careful to check import regulations.
There are a few genuine antique retailers in Ban Tawai with very sophisticated showrooms and high value objects on show. However, if your budget won’t stretch to the real thing don’t worry because the reproductions are equally stunning.
Apart from spending money, just wandering among the stores and seeing the artisans at work is fun. Tourists visiting Baantawai will be presented with demonstration of every process of its handicraft creation. At the rear of many shops it is possible to watch the craftsmen at work.
Sightseeing tour within Ban Tawai, OTOP Tourism Village
1. Tawai Temple
2. Baantawai Handicraft Center and Baantawai’s Song Fung Klong Handicraft Center
3. Handicraft route “wood sculpture”
4. Handicraft route “Lacquerware”
5. Handicraft route “Cutting in-motif”
6. Handicraft route “Architectural miniatures”
7. Handicraft route “Antique imitation ”
8. Handicraft route “Wood painting technique”
9. Handicraft route “Drawing-painting”
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