2009/06/03 Bangkok - Monk's Bowl Village

Looking over some handmade bowls. Here they still make the traditional bowls the monks once used. The monks now use mass-produced junk.
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Hammering the bowls into shape.
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Initial bowl structure.
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Initial bowl structure - detail. The bowl is initially a top ring and a central part which is either a plus shape if there is a piece of metal large enough or a long strip and two squares.
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Painting the top edge of the bowl.
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Showing off. This face was posed in a bemused way - she requested the shot!
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Posing with bowl structure.
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And with Belen.
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Hammering the bowl.
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As the kids play nearby in the alley.
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Adding the small interior triangles.
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Small interior triangles. The edges are cut into teeth and then interwoven with the bowl structure.
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