Thai Arts

In ancient times up to the early modern period in Thailand, Thai craftsmen were considered the "true artists". They were thought to possess superior intellect, a full understanding of culture and a wide ranging wisdom. They had the capacity to create and produce great works of art that can but rarely find their equal in execution today. These arts not only reflected the artists creative force but also cultural reflections of the art and its use in Thai society and culture.

There's ten divisions of craftsmen

Drawing

-were done by craftsmen, drawers, illustrators, pictorial gilders, lacquer craftsmen, painters, muralists and manuscript illustrators.

Engraving

-This work includes the woodcarver, the engraver and the woodblock cutter, silversmith, goldsmiths and jewelers, enameling, inlay and embossing and architectural woodcarvers.

Molding

-making Buddha images, bronze and metal casting, clay and bee's wax modelers

Figuring

-animal and bestiary figures, figure assemblers and lantern-maker,

Modeling

-bronze casters, figure modeler, mask and puppet makers, stucco sculptural and architectural modelers

Sculpting

-paper and plaster sculps, decorative fruit and vegetable carvers