The Production Process of Local Pottery in Thai and Cambodian Community

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The study of the production process of local pottery and the consumer’s life-style in Thai and Cambodian Community at Nam Kam village, Thatoom district, Surin province, Thailand and Grangrue village, Kampong Chanang province, Cambodia revealed the similarity in production process of local pottery and the life style of people in the two communities. With the techniques of surveying and in-depth interviewing, there are two steps in pottery production; shaping and firing. At Nam Kam village, the initial molding techniques are walking around the wooden log and hitting into shapes while in Kampong Chanang, the molding techniques are walking around the palm log and on the potter’s wheel. In the firing step, the pottery at Nam Kam village is fired in open area while in Kampong Chanang, the pottery is fired in open and in the temperature controlled wood, electric kiln. The potters in the communities produce several kinds of pottery, for example, drinking water jars, flowers vases for Buddha image, etc. There are some differences in production techniques of pottery making in the two communities depend on the skills of potter and the uses of existing technology, however, a similar characteristic of the two communities is that the knowledge and experience of the potter have been transferred and preserved to the next generation.