As the previous article we’ve published about what we called ‘accessories’ of Thai floral pendant, there are 7 different accessories available for the florist to decide and neatly dress their Thai pendant up. Each kind of accessory has classified into several topics with different way or method to do. Therefore, you can presume why our grand mom think that Thai flower arrangement Bangkok is very hard and typically practice only for the original Thai perfect lady.
However, you will realize that your grand mom is wrong after you join florist’s courses at Bu-ngasari florist school, Bangkok. The school will encourage Thai florist beginner to start by study Thai flower arrangement Bangkok and theory of flower arrangement Bangkok for better understanding and sharpening the solid wisdom from the base of pyramid. We realized that many people perceived ‘study flower arrangement Bangkok is just a study of how to string a garland’ but, it isn’t. Our institution has established for teaching flower technique Bangkok by emphasize priority on environment that promote learning topic and interactive education because it will turn to be personal advantage of the florist to further develop a creatable master piece and being a famous professional Thai florist artist in the coming future.
This article will introduce you “Baeb”, a kind of accessory to decorate Thai traditional pendant. Baeb is a word that Thai ancient used to call a piece of 6 to 10 levels overlapping banana leaf to create more shapes such as straight line, gold tracery, round bloom, four-petal bloom, five-petal bloom, six-petal bloom, star shape, and more. It is made, and then recut it to be thinner. Use the leaf or petal you’ve prepared to fold and sew it together with Baeb. The florist can design their own desire’s patterns or colors and create his/her outstanding colorful Baeb.
The threat you use must be green color or as same color as the petal you chose. There are 6 Baeb classification normally use in Thai floral pendant work;
- Cen,
- Thai tracery,
- Fuaeng,
- Tad-Hu,
- Phu-Glin,
- Phra-In.
For more example explanation, “Cen” is an artificial craft made by sewing little piece of leaf or petal in a line. It is used to enclose the margin or pendant’s frame, making the overall looks neat and more perfect. The reason why it called “Cen” is because it is averagely a centimeter wide, which is the smallest. In general, if it is wider, it’d be approximately 1.5 – 1.75 cm wide. However, the size of Cen vary by its purpose and the actual size of Thai floral pendant. Moreover, there’re more methodology to create Baeb such as ligature, belaying, and sewing. If you are interesting in studying the particular idea and concept, you are welcomed to contact us via Bu-ngasari florist school’s FB fan page. (Find “bungasarifloristschool” in FB.) Bu-ngsari florist school established for everyone who are willing to develop the technical skills & knowledge about Thai florist and to expand the reasons to love Thai fresh flower artist work. Therefore, we will do our best to fulfill both schools and your purposes.