
Bangkok Post MAY 14, 2006
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Here are some references that our Managing Director mentioned on Bangkok Post outlook back in 2006.
"I spent time experimenting with rolling and folding techniques, The fundamental technique of towel rolling, for me, is not much different from a gibbon doll made of yellow robes presented to Thai monks during the end of Buddhist 'Lent'. You have a big towel ,which
is to be made into the body and the four lege of the animals. You make the head from the medium-sized one and employ folding,rolling and pulling techniques to achieve different head shapes and perhaps, finally, the small one to make a tail. I tried everything and still, I could not think of any new designs."
Paitoon decided to seek inspiration away from his ship - he visited several doll shops to look at animal dolls and he came to the realisation that towel folding, unlike real-life drawing, allowed the creator to be imaginative and produce more cartoon-like results.
"It [towel folding] doesn't adhere much to natural anatomy, You have options like you can make them smile, smoke or wear glasses. With this in mind, I can come up with new designs from the basic process we have."
To be specific, a bear and pig may involve very similar head-making
techniques, but with attention to the process of adjusting the shape of the cheek or nose - making the nose big for a pig and cheeks huge for a bear - you have two different designs.
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