Tied natural placemat
Tied natural placemat
Thorrs
Where most woven objects conceal their structure, this one shows it. The weave radiates outward from the centre in concentric rings - dense and tight in the middle, opening gradually toward the edge into a spoke pattern that lets the light through. You can see exactly how it was made. That is part of what makes it worth looking at.
The material is sedge, grown on THORR's own cultivated lands in Amnat Charoen Province, in the northeast of Thailand - harvested by hand, sun-dried, and woven on traditional looms by master weavers who have practised this craft for most of their lives. The threads are left in their natural colour. No ink, no print. The pattern is the weaving.
Hand-woven in Amnat Charoen Province, Thailand. Exclusive to Australia through The Leopard.
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Product information
Hand woven sedge
Diameter 38cm
About Thorrs
Amnat Charoen Province sits in the northeast of Thailand, in the region called Isaan - flat, dry, agricultural, and by most economic measures, among the country's most overlooked. For generations, the province's tradition was sedge weaving: a grasslike plant harvested by hand, sun-dried, dyed in hot water, and woven on traditional looms into the kok mat, a floor mat that had served Thai homes for centuries. A craft that was never considered design.
THORRs was founded to change that. Working with master weavers in Amnat Charoen - women who have been weaving sedge since before it occurred to anyone that the world beyond the province might want what they make - THORRs has taken the kok mat and reimagined it as contemporary homewares: placemats, floor mats, wall pieces, objects that carry the weight of a very old practice without any self-consciousness about it.
The sedge is grown on THORR's own cultivated lands. Each piece is hand-woven on a traditional loom. The weavers earn meaningful income without leaving their communities. The craft continues because there is now a reason for it to.
Exclusive to Australia through The Leopard.
