Handicraft Villages tour, Chiang Mai


Bo Sang and Sankmapaeng, Handicraft Villages, Chiang Mai

Handicraft Villages tour, Chiang Mai
Silk Processing

Paper Making

Wood Carving

Indulge yourself with handicrafts in the Bo Sang and Sankampaeng villages of Chiang Mai - the heart of Thailand's handicraft industry. Many of Thailand's major producers are located along this Chiang Mai-Sankampaeng Road.

Here, you will find beautiful lacquer-ware, green and blue Celadon-ware (the glaze is a special formulation of local clay with wood ash); silk and other textiles. Choose from ready-made garments or arrange for made-to-fit clothes with the tailors.

Other specialties are wood carvings as well as teak wood furniture; umbrella making in Borsarng; silver-ware along the Wualai Road; hill-tribe crafts; and handmade paper products



Silver Making

Celadon

Lacquer Ware

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