Green Textiles of Traditional Banana Leaft Folding Techniques

Uraiwan Khumsingha

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.533.481

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Green Textiles of Traditional Banana Leaft Folding Techniques

Abstract:

Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is an important cash fiber crop belonging to the family malvaceae. The objective of this research is to develop women wears from hand-woven cotton with banana leaf folding techniques, which is a Thai Art and Craft tradition. The most of the Thai used banana leaf for everyday life such as a food packaging or worshiping Buddha. From this reason, the research is to create a special collection of 5 dresses with the banana leaf folding. The research is conducted by measuring a percentage and using questionnaires to a target group of 100 samples. The result has shown that the first designHua nok kor yak is of the highest satisfactory which is about 88.4%. The collection of hand-woven cotton combined with elaborate parts is added-value to Thai clothing and promotes Arts and Craft of Thai tradition to international markets.