Wood carving process selection.
Thailand wood carving history. Let s have a look at the history of thai wood carving art. Wood carving is one of the oldest arts of humankind. A chinese wooden bodhisattva jin dynasty 1115 1234 shanghai museum. Sukothai was the capital of the region from 1240 1350.
Woodcarving in thailand chiang mai. Wooden spears from the middle paleolithic such as the clacton spear reveal how humans have engaged in. It is an anisotropic material. You will be able to read of how it started and the development of thai wood carving over time and to a few pictures of the work that we see today such as the grand piece the sanctuary of truth which was built out of pieces of wood put together and carved intricately by the sea.
The history of fruit and vegetable carving the story of fruit and vegetable carving begins about 700 years ago in sukothai the capital of the tai people in what is now the north of central thailand. The direction in which wood is strongest is called grain grain may be straight interlocked wavy or fiddleback etc. The nature of the wood being carved limits the scope of the carver in that wood is not equally strong in all directions. All my photos of beautiful thai woodcarving objects were made in one such centre near bangkok.
Until the late 19th century woodcarving was widely practised and entire temples and palaces were often wooden. In preparation for one of their major festivals.