Baskets coiled and woven from rattan, seagrass, krajood and yan lipao by hands that have done it for years. A handmade Thai basket is for fruit or firewood, for holding whatever a room needs held — and for the quiet beauty of natural fibre worked by a skilled maker. Each one is shaped without a machine, so the form is honest and the texture unmistakably handmade.
Honest notes on natural dye, handwork and care — from people who know each maker.
Krajood is a marsh sedge from southern and eastern Thailand, dried and woven into supple, pale baskets; rattan is a climbing palm, sturdier and often used for frames and firmer forms. Yan lipao is a fine fern vine woven into the most prized, jewellery-fine basketry. Each listing names the fibre used.
Keep it dry, dust it with a soft brush or cloth, and wipe spills quickly rather than soaking the fibre. If it ever feels damp, air it in the shade to prevent mildew. Treated this way, a good woven basket lasts for decades.
Made to order — a basket is woven for you once you ask, since fine basketry is slow, patient handwork. Each listing carries the lead time. Small differences in size and colour are natural to the fibre and the maker's hand.
In Kalasin, the Phu Thai people weave Phrae Wa — Thailand's Queen of Silk — from heirloom patterns kept in cloth, not paper, passed hand to hand across generations.
Read the story Krajood is a tall sedge from Thailand's southern wetlands—harvested by hand, sun-dried in open fields, and woven into baskets and bags that carry the scent of the marsh.
Read the story In the mulberry country south of Korat, Pak Thong Chai has been weaving fine Thai silk for over a century — and its name tells you everything.
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