การหล่อพระพุทธรูป (Kan Lo Phra Phuttharup)
Lost-wax (cire perdue) casting of bronze Buddha images and ritual objects, a royal court craft tradition documented under Chang Lor (casting craftsmen) in the Chang Sip Moo system (DCP/Thailand Foundation 2025). Large Buddha images use modular casting — sections cast separately and welded. A living tradition practiced at royal temple foundries and specialist workshops.
Risk level: Endangered · Not Listed — documented in DCP Chang Sip Moo framework (Thailand Foundation 2025)
Thai bodywork in which practitioners use hands, elbows, knees and feet to work along the sen — lines understood to cross the body — aiming to rebalance body and energy and the four elements.
Making of herbal compresses — chopped fresh or dried plai, turmeric, lemongrass, kaffir lime, tamarind and camphor, sometimes with salt — bundled tightly in cotton or muslin, steamed and pressed and rolled over the body, often as part of…
Application of multiple layers of black lacquer (Lak tree resin) on teak or bamboo substrates, followed by gold leaf application on a tacky intermediate coat to create intricate decorative motifs on the black ground.
Weaving of extremely fine fibers from the Lipao climbing fern (Lygodium flexuosum) found only in southern Thailand rainforests, producing lace-like basketry objects of exceptional refinement.
Repoussé and chasing technique applied to silver sheet to create intricate raised-relief decorative objects, characterized by Lanna-style floral and fauna motifs.
Carving of fruits and vegetables into elaborate decorative sculptures using a single specialized knife, producing floral, bird, and mythological figures for royal court table presentation, Buddhist offerings, and ceremonial display.
The setting of natural, undrilled-oyster Bahraini pearls into 18 to 21 karat gold jewelry, formally documented as its own distinct craft domain, Pearl Jewelry, within Bahrain's official UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage inventory, and…
The hammering and chiseling of intricate, beautiful Persian motifs into copper, brass, silver, and gold, directly considered the best-documented Iranian artistic form surviving from the Islamic era.
The damascening of firearms and decorative metal objects in Eibar — the Basque town whose gunsmiths developed the most technically sophisticated metal decoration tradition in Spain, distinct from Toledo damasquinado (CRAFT-1011) in its…
The inlaying of gold and silver wire into blackened steel — the Toledo damasquinado tradition descended from Moorish metalwork techniques.
The forging of iron in the Basque hydraulic forge (ferrería) tradition — the industrial craft that made the Basque Country the primary iron production center of Spain and one of the most important in medieval Europe.
The forging of swords and blades in Toledo — the European technical reference for blade production from the Roman period to the 19th century.