craft business

Coconut crafts and other wooden crafts

Woodwork

This little store is located alongside a highway stop on my way to Chiang Mai. The stop has a petrol station, 7 Eleven store and Amazon coffee.  When I asked permission from the owner, a middle aged lady to take photo, she promoted some of the items sold in her shop. Compared to the prices [...]

Souvenir Kiosk in a Shopping Complex

Craft Stores

Here is a picture taken from a souvenir or gift kiosk located at Central Airport Plaza, Chiang Mai.  The items here are mass produced- and a lot of places sell such items. But if you can find these items in a lot of shops, then usually people would not be buying it a lot. When [...]

Decorative Porcelain Items-mass produced

Craft Stores

Here is a store selling items made from clay and porcelain in a small store by the highway from Bangkok to Chiang Mai: You can see there are figurines, hanging items, and other things like cutlery, cups, plates, bowls, garden decorative items like frogs and turtles. These items are mass produced- these items are common [...]

Beaded Hair Combs- mass produced vs handmade

Beads

When the first hand made stretchable double combs first came out, a lot of long hair ladies loved it. I remember the first ones I’ve seen was sold for RM29.90 via a craft bazaar. The owner claimed he had handmade it himself, but later, exact duplicates were being seen all over the bazaars- which had [...]