Queen Mother’s artistic touch

An exhibition featuring Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The King Mother’s contributions to the local handicrafts market will be on display till Oct 10 within honour of The girl Majesty’s 90th birthday celebration on Friday.

Jointly prepared by the Silpacheep Part of the Support Foundation of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit as well as the True Visions Team, the event is working under the theme associated with “Devotion to Functions of Arts”.

The entrance fee is 50 baht per person.

In addition , the exhibition displays weaving cloth masterpieces and offers basketry weaving demonstrations. Handicrafts made by locals are usually put on sale in a gallery on Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue.

Thanpuying Pharani Mahanonda, who presided over the exhibition, stated the Silpacheep Section of the Support Foundation of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit has been supporting local basketry weaving knowledge for further than five years.

The foundation has been buying a broad variety of locally-made products through residents for submission through its channels, she said.

Furthermore, it has been delivering training using regionally available materials to assist boost the income of locals, she mentioned.

Thanpuying Pharani said that the King Mother in the past surveyed locally-made products throughout her visits in order to remote areas across the kingdom with His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great.

The Queen Mother found that these items were very exclusive and made with complex pattern designs, Thanpuying Pharani said.

“Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The particular Queen Mother, offers given advice to local residents about how exactly to make their products more attractive to buyers, ” she said.