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Furniture & Woodcarving Village
Chiang Mai’s Ban Thawai village is situated in Tambon (village) “Khun Khong” ,Hang Dong district, 18 kms.by the highway#108 (Chiang Mai-Hot) south of Chiang Mai, then turn left at 15th Km.to the Handicraft Center for 3 Kms. Ban Thawai is a major centre of furniture making in very reasonable price. Major woods and materials include teak, sap wood and rattan. Items may be unadorned or, especially with teak and sap wood, artfully carved in traditional or modern designs. Woodcarving is a traditional northern Thai art featured in every temples.

In recent years, wood carving has increasingly embellished furniture, gracing screens, chairs, tables, beds, indeed anything bearing a wooden surface large enough to be carved. Carved elephants, figurines and tableware number among other popular purchases and the delivery service to abroad is also available at reasonable price.

Nowadays, most of the products of Ban Thawai are made of sap wood or in scientific name, "legumminosae" or Albiza Saman Rain Tree or Monkey Pod or Indian Walnut which is the symbolic sign of Lamphun Province but it’s origin came from the tropical area of USA and Brazil. This kind of tree is soft wood and can be grown very fast. It is available in general around the northern part of Thailand.

For more information, please visit to these websites: www.ban-tawai.com, www.bantawaiotop.com, www.baantawai.com