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Friday, May 10, 2024

Watch artisans in action

photo courtesy of Alexander Lamont

Alexander Lamont, a leading contemporary design brand based in Bangkok, will celebrate the beauty and sophistication of the decorative arts with an open door event, “Craftsmanship Re-Imagined”, at its newly-open gallery at Warehouse 30 on Charoen Krung 30, from tomorrow to Sunday.

On all five days, artisans from the British designer’s Bangkok workshops will demonstrate two of his signature crafts — the art of straw marquetry inlay and eggshell lacquer — from 10am to noon and 1-5pm.

Visitors will learn how humble rye straw is prepared, dyed to an array of colour tones and inlaid into surfaces to create beautiful pieces of furniture and wall panels that shimmer and reflect the light.

The art of eggshell inlay requires skill, meditative attention and an…

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