Wat Arun and the Golden Barge in Gilded Weave

Visual Style: This piece uses a monochromatic gold supplementary weft technique. The high-contrast black background is designed to simulate traditional Thai lacquerware (Lai Rot Nam), where gold leaf is applied to black lacquer.

Subject: It captures the Suphannahong Royal Barge with its distinctive Garuda-like swan prow. The background features the iconic silhouette of Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), with its central prang and four smaller corner prangs clearly visible in the weave.

Symbolism: In Thai culture, gold symbolizes the divine and the royal. By removing the other colors, the focus shifts entirely to the sacred and majestic nature of the procession.