กระดาษสา (Kradat Saa)
Handmade paper produced from the inner bark of the paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera — saa tree) using a fixed-frame floating sheet formation technique. The same source plant produces Japanese washi (flexible frame, four-directional oscillation) and Korean hanji (throwing motion) — three distinct national papermaking traditions from one plant. The three-way comparison is a CRAFT research opportunity.
Risk level: Endangered · Not Listed
The hand-built, wheel-free earthenware tradition of Ban Chiang, Udon Thani Province — one of Southeast Asia's most significant prehistoric ceramic traditions, spanning a documented sequence from black cord-marked and incised ware dating to…
Geometric supplementary weft pattern weaving on cotton.
Complex supplementary weft brocade silk weaving producing interlocking geometric and floral patterns on a plain silk ground.
Plain tabby weave of Thai mulberry silk on a treadle loom, producing lustrous cloth with subtle slub texture from Thai silkworm reeling.
Hand-painted wax-resist fabric technique of southern Thailand, distinguishable from Javanese batik by its emphasis on hand-painting (rather than canting drawing alone) and a distinct pattern vocabulary of marine life, tropical flora, and…
Construction of decorative parasols from a bamboo spoke-and-pole framework covered with mulberry paper (saa paper) or cotton cloth, then hand-painted with northern Thai floral and nature motifs.
The making of rag paper (papier chiffon) in the Charente mills — a tradition that made Angoulême the center of French paper production for three centuries and supplied the Paris publishing and printing industry.
Traditional stone lithography, woodcut, and metal-plate etching printmaking centered on the Taller Experimental de Gráfica de La Habana (TEG), Cuba's oldest and premier printmaking studio, founded in 1962.
The Burmese parabaik (ပုရပိုက်) is the traditional accordion-fold manuscript book of Myanmar — a long strip of Shan sa paper (CRAFT-0444) or lacquered cloth folded into pages and painted with Buddhist manuscript text (in traditional…
A contemporary Mallorca-based jewelry practice by industrial designer Alejandra Epifani under the Cartonpia name.
The hand-binding of books using traditional techniques — sewing on cords or tapes, case-making in leather or cloth, gold tooling, and marbled paper — in a tradition associated with Milan's publishing and printing industry and the…
The design and hand-fabrication of water-resistant earrings and bangles from recycled newspaper and cardboard by American designer Luda, working under the name Alla Maude in Long Beach, New York, part of the same wider international…