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Jewellery Art Touches Soul Worship
Thai jewellery art from prehistoric period until Rattanakosin era has been created for human. But it is not created to only present finest craftsmanship or for decoration. According to archeological and anthropological evidence, it can be assumed that jewellery is one of the very first ways men use to represent their sense of beauty and to build their relationship with community and surroundings. The most important thing is the purpose of the jewellery which is to worship sacred souls of nature and self by using “body” to drive “internal context.” This article aims to present ideas supported by principles and to discuss processes important to knowledge of jewellery art. This is for ascendants to be able to bring back fading importance of jewelry art to its glory once again
History of jewellery has started 50,000-1,700 years ago. Necklaces and bracelets made of shells and bones are discovered in graves of both men and women. As for the reason why jewellery is often buried with the dead, cultural anthropologists point that people in those days believed that death might be a form of life continuity, similar to Brahman (a religion founded before Buddhism) who believe that souls of the dead will be reborn. Jewellery should then follow those who passed away to serve them in the next life.Men do not only try to understand their environment by reshaping it, they also study characteristics of individuals and communities. This can be seen from spaces systematically arranged for culture until men can defeat the chaos of the nature. In a study on an evolution of civilisation, this idea appears in the form of belief. Men blend themselves with the traditions they practise, planted in each man until “customs” are formed. Jewellery or mysterious objects thus become a symbol of this combined worship. This is because it is closest to men’s bodies and best expresses human behaviours.
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Associate Professor
Dr. Supavee Sirin-k-raporn
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Silpakorn University, Bangkok Thailand,
Jewellery Artist and Designer
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Silpakorn University, Bangkok Thailand
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Phranakorn,Bangkok,
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