>> General History

About tin-jok products Detail .....Tin-jok , this weaving style has been woven since a long time to centeries in several groups of Siam of the principalities of what is now northern , northeastern and central Thailand. The technique to do stitching , as tin-jok were differently designed each local which were following in the heritage , traditional way , especially whose Thaipuan , Thaiyuan , Phuthai , Renu's Phuthai , Laokrang , Thai-Lao , the ethnic minority groups. In fact , there may be seen in several of designing techniques such as . Thai-Lao gold-silver brocade tin-jok design , Thaipuan and/or Phuthai stripe-patterned was alternated with the slightly wavy-line tin-jok designs [ the slightly wavy-line design , the Northeastern called the aie pattern design or lai-aie which the former design in the small to medium-scale patterns at the bottom edge of mud-mee and khid patterned fabrics favorably. ] , Renu's Phuthai crosswise-line&multicolored tin-jok designs , Laokrang rough mud-mee with tin-jok at the bottom edge designs , Thaiyuan crosswise-line was alternated with the slightly wavy-line tin-jok designs and etc. The names usually called by following the majority of designing patterns such as Thaipuan stripe-patterned tin-jok silk with gleaming gold-etched floral design , Phuthai stripe-patterned tin-jok silk with ta-bung design " was alternated with kha-khe designs " , Uthaithani crosswise-line&multicoloered with kho-kam-duan tin-jok designs [ an asteroid design by alternating at interval with a hook , the old Thai classical design ] and etc.

>> Tin-jok's Names ?

How we call tin-jok ? Detail .....In several sources of its weaving styles " mud-mee , khid , lai-nam-lai , silk-yok [ brocaded fabric ] which the tin-jok's pattern was being desinged by alternating with the majority patterns on the fabrics favorably such as Laokrang mud-mee with tin-jok at the bottom edge designs , Thai-Lao silver&gold brocade tin-jok[ skirt border ] with ta-leo [cha-leo] design , what is more , in some places called Thai-Lao mud-mee or khid with the large-scale floral designs , Thailue lai-nam-lai-pra-yuk design , Thaisue brocaded mud-mee with the gem-etched " jewel-toned prints" designs , Renu's Phuthai stripe-patterned tin-jok with star-studded foundation-pieced quilt designs and etc. The tin-jok designing pattern which was being alternated , as its might be added with the other shapes in small- to medium-scale designs such as a triangular , rectangular or rhombic in shapes [ any locals called dok jik , dok-jan , dok-phikul , dok-kaeo or diamond designs ] or combination and made a symmetrical structure design as well.

>> Where's Phuthai ?

A villages Detail .....1.1.Phuthai [Bhothai] ; one of the original homes of the Thai in Chaina. [ very famous for Phrae-wa patterned fabric in Baan Pon , Amphoe Kham Moung , Kalasin province. and Phuthai tin-jok patterned fabric in Amphoe Renu Nakhon , Nakhon Phanom province.]

.....1.2.Phuthai [Bhothai] ; one branch of the Thai race in southeastern Chaina. ; local people , still dwell as their ancestors did in past which evidenced though their language , clothing , weaving.

>> Patterned Heritage ?

Local classic-style designs Detail.....Phuthai , the ethnic minority group in Kham Moung district , Kalasin province , the Northeastern Thailand where they produce three types of its weaving styles , phrae-wa , mud-mee and tin-jok , hand-woven fabrics.

.....For the tin-jok patterned fabric was designed in 5-7 color yarns with Phuthai patterned heritage.

.....Tin-jok patterned fabric which one in three types of producing in the local and have long been famous for this type of weaving. We can call the Phuthai tin-jok weaving style , hand-woven fabric which one in six types of Thai classical woven fabric as well.

>> Other material designs ?

Thai design of the Ayutthaya period Detail .....Such as pra-sart , phum-kao-bin , kom-jet , kha-khe [ the S -shaped like boomerang ] , hoe-yuan , pan-ma-ha , tam-mart [ Lai-mat or tam-mat ? a pulpit in the form of an elaborately carved seat which a preacher preaches , its shape was being designed on fabric , the old Thai classical design ] , kho-kria [ the design alternately consisting of cross-section of hooks what is called kab-kho in Thai and dendritic to sub-dendritic , espalier , grapevine , trellis , angulate , annular or radial patterns , which looks like the slender stem of a climbing plant called kria design . Remark ; the horizontal line which curved or bent sharply in the end , but those the S-shaped lenght design . It is called kho-buay or long hook . As it might be called kho-lek-sam which looks like the figure 3] , tra-kho long-ko [ the track a trail of quinea pig's paws , design in curved paths or the meandering of rivers " namental linear pattern " , the former design alternately consisting of country cottages and curved paths of quinea pig's paws . It is called Ta-Pao-Long-Ko . While these the meandering of river where the junk passes through on its way , it also called Ta-Pao-Long-Ko . But those the former design alternately consisting of hooks [ kho ] and curved paths or meandering of rivers , it is called Tra-Kho-Long-Ko ] , po-luem-kho , khe [ kha-khe] , lai-kria [ Re-ceate an early-19-20th-centuries " Sukhothai period " Native-Thai Lai-Kria design in fabrics . The former design in dendritic to sub-dendritic , espalier , grapevine , trellis , angulate , annular , radial patterns , the former which looks like the slender stem of a climbing plant. The very famous of designing patterns in Northeast , which has been interpreted by scholars to symbolize the extreme power and penetrating of the King .] , lai-hin. If you are interested in detail. Please click [ here ] or check in phrae-wa catalog page , click [ here ] or tum-mat ? a pulpit in the form of an elaborately carved seat , its shape was being designed on fabric , the old Thai classical design ]

Journey back in time and place to the Thai countryside of the twentieth to twentieth-four ------> the middle Ayutthaya period in twentieth to twenty-fourth centuries , During which art flourishing and material design was refined , the Tam-mat design as seen on a wooden carving of Ayutthaya Period at Wat Worajanyawas in Bangkok which a royal decorations from the region of King Naret the great of Thailand period

>> Tin-jok ?

Special technique Detail ..........Tin-jok patterned Fabric , this weaving style is a technique to do stitching [ for example such as Phuthai , Laokrang and etc. ] as weaving. The fabric is woven with pre-designed patterns by adding the special weft yarns along the width direction of the fabric at designed pattern at intervals , by using a wooden reel hook [ a wooden quill or long hand-crafted wooden tool ] , for example , to do stitching with silk yarn and cotton yarn combined to make a desired patterns. ..

>> Mygal's eyes design ?

Phuthai classic-style tin-jok designs Detail ..........Phuthai tin-jok silk with these eight-piece collection of medium- to large-scale stripes was alternated with dok-bad and ta-bung designs...