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23 February 11
More tesselations. This time in black and white bamboo.

More tesselations. This time in black and white bamboo.

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31 July 09
This lady is carving a design into a frontispiece for the “entirely” wooden wat, the Sanctuary of Truth. The SoT is an impressive structure, sadly the lightning rod peaking out at the top gave away the illusion that this huge temple is fashioned solely from abberant arbor. Nor did this sanctuary manage to escape the construction virus with most parts “under renovation” (we had to wear hard hats inside). Even so, it looks striking from the outside and imposing indoors. A dolphin show round the corner, Thai dancing, and a sword-fight (which I was embarassingly dragged on-stage to take part in). 11 Jul 2009—EtK The Sanctuary of Truth, Pattaya

This lady is carving a design into a frontispiece for the “entirely” wooden wat, the Sanctuary of Truth. The SoT is an impressive structure, sadly the lightning rod peaking out at the top gave away the illusion that this huge temple is fashioned solely from abberant arbor. Nor did this sanctuary manage to escape the construction virus with most parts “under renovation” (we had to wear hard hats inside). Even so, it looks striking from the outside and imposing indoors. A dolphin show round the corner, Thai dancing, and a sword-fight (which I was embarassingly dragged on-stage to take part in).

11 Jul 2009—EtK

The Sanctuary of Truth, Pattaya

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23 July 09
Building works are everywhere in Jompol. These branches act as wooden supports until the infrastructure is up. Of course, now that all the houses have been built, we now seem to be building houses in between the existing houses. Did I mention it is noisy here? Every day around 9am a team of sound artists begin their cacophonous racket - hammering, nailing, cementing, sanding, sawing… It is also government policy to have no fewer than 12 people on any one job. No progress appears to be being made but it is the Thai way to always look busy in case the boss comes round. Another favourite passtime is for one person to stir cement for a couple of hours while five or six other workers stand around her watching. I feel so at home. 19 Jul 2009—EtK Horwang,  Bangkok

Building works are everywhere in Jompol. These branches act as wooden supports until the infrastructure is up. Of course, now that all the houses have been built, we now seem to be building houses in between the existing houses. Did I mention it is noisy here? Every day around 9am a team of sound artists begin their cacophonous racket - hammering, nailing, cementing, sanding, sawing… It is also government policy to have no fewer than 12 people on any one job. No progress appears to be being made but it is the Thai way to always look busy in case the boss comes round. Another favourite passtime is for one person to stir cement for a couple of hours while five or six other workers stand around her watching. I feel so at home.

19 Jul 2009—EtK

Horwang,  Bangkok

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