Abstract
The purposes of this research were (1) to design at least 5 styles of straw rope furniture by macramé techniques for housing decorations; (2) to evaluate the straw rope furniture prototypes produced by macramé techniques based on the community products standard criteria. Development stages were employed as the research processes; which are development of furniture prototypes (State 1), experiment of innovation (Stage 2), and conclusion of experiments/ report writing (stage 3). The results offered the straw rope furniture prototypes based on macramé techniques for housing decorations on the following criteria. (1) General features should present fineness, beautiful style and shape, proper functional size without any damage (no distortion nor bending, no prominent seam nor burning mark on straw rope). (2) The straw ropes should be strong and durable and be uniformed size. (3) Weaving, intertwining, binding, and knotting should be formed in even spaces and patterns without any overhanging nor projecting rope ends. (4) Assembly should be neatly aligned between each seam without broken seams. (5) Other combined materials should be neat, tightly fastened, durable, and fit in harmony with function and work piece; additionally, metal materials should be stainless. (6) Varnishing should be smooth and even without any damage (no spot, no stain, no brittle, no fracture, no flake, nor peel) and not too thick Evaluation results of the furniture suggested excellent level in every aspect of these criteria.
Highlights
Furniture provides decoration and function to serve the use of users in various activities
The researcher realized the importance of furniture design in terms of its shape, selected materials, and effective use
According to Ruangsombat (2013) in her study on reed mat making process for development of Thai contemporary art furniture design, using experimental approach, it was found that the three types of furniture designs for different functions shared the same inspiration from the shape of blossom lotus petals in Lai Thai works
Summary
Furniture provides decoration and function to serve the use of users in various activities. The researcher realized the importance of furniture design in terms of its shape, selected materials, and effective use. There is a diversity of materials used for furniture design Those materials found and available in locality are interesting alternatives to be utilized, and to add new body of knowledge and jobs to communities. The straw rope has the properties of strength and durability without turning fray and moldy It is washable as it is partly made of synthetic fibers (nylon). With these properties, straw rope can be put into the Japan macramé work to produce patterns, and with its strength, the rope can be used to create a variety of products such as bag, basket, rack, home decorative items, lamp, including furniture. With our existing local materials, furniture design with macramé technique for housing decorations will add the value and new look to local materials and weaving skills of communities in the country
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