ANALYSIS OF TRADITIONAL THAI PATTERN

Traditional Thai pattern was developed as an integral part of Thai culture and Thailand as a nation. Essentially it is inspired by nature and Buddhism beliefs and influenced by all major Asian cultures such as Indian and Chinese with some western influences as the country develops. Traditional Thai patterns are used in all aspects of Thai lives from architectural to everyday objects such as fabrics, jewelry, and ornaments. There is a strong relationship between the pattern creation and the proportions of traditional Thai architecture and what we would consider beautiful; the perception is informed and ingrained from the basis of the pattern conception methods. 
Although the education of traditional Thai pattern is undocumented and no formal methods of teaching and learning other than through apprenticeship, the pattern itself is a precise art. Drawing traditional Thai pattern comes with explicit hidden rules of acceptable appearances and limitations in which it can be developed without being viewed as disrespectful or considered not authentic. This research explores this unanalyzed field of drawing by utilizing parametric tools and computer modelling to generate scripts to recreate variations of base drawings and creating patterns. Using deconstruction method on the documented drawings discovered in old masters’ sketchbooks and temple murals as base for studies and comparative model which enabled different understand of traditional Thai pattern drawing methods which allow reproduction with correctness for preservation values and authenticity but at the same time, also identify rooms for reinterpretations and recreations which can make the drawing and the pattern dynamic and unique to each artist. 
New applications are also possible following the new method of drawing production. The generative tools not only can draw correctly but it can also replicate flexibilities of human organic drawings. Making this art more accessible by current generations who might not be able to learn to create the pattern in traditional ways and the outfit of the new ways of production can be used in both architecture and product designs through various new fabrication technologies. The results of multiple applications can bring this ancient art into a new light of understanding and contemporary usage. 

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