Handicrafts

            Handicrafts like silverware, nielloware, lacquerware, and mother-of-pearl inlay were once produced only in artisans’homes.  Today these traditional skills, some of which were in danger of disappearing, are being gradually expanded to non-artisans, especially in rural areas. A leading factor in this has been the Foundation for the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques, popularly known as SUPPORT, founded by Her Majesty Queen Sirikit to provide Thai farmers with sufficient training to enable them out high-quality crafts and thus