The Stella Art Cafe

“Create your own original ceramic in the world”

Thai traditional craft Benjarong, like glitter jewelry.
Stella Art Cafe is the only workshop in Bangkok where you can experience painting traditional Thai crafts, Benjarong.
Practical ceramics that can be used at home, as Thai souvenirs and gifts.

Pattern : Traditional Art Coloring

Most classical Thai art originated in or under the patronage of the royal courts. Classical art encompasses Buddhist art as represented in religious architecture, decorative murals, and Buddha images. The art reflected the complex formal structure and etiquette of court culture, with its heavy Indian influences, and expressed both religious and intellectual impulses. Entertainment was considered to be of secondary value in this category of art.

Another category is popular Thai art, which arose from age-old village realities and the rites associated with birth, death, and the seasonal cycle of crop cultivation.

Source : https://www.whitesandsthailand.com/traditional-thai-arti

BENJARONG

Benjarong is a traditional form of painted Thai ceramics porcelain.

‘Benja’ means five and ‘rong’ means color.

In the past, the primary colors in Benjarong were black, green, yellow, red and white. Nowadays, since the patterns have been developed to the stories from Buddha’s biography and Thai culture and tradition, more colors are required, and now the craftsmen have over 16 colors to work with. Only a very few selected artists can create these, and it takes them many days simply to finish one piece.