The study of Wang Suan Ban Kaew identity for applying to jewelry designs

Abstract

“The study of Wang Suan Ban Kaew identity for applying to jewelry designs” aimed to study and gather knowledge of Wang Suan Ban Kaew museum in Chanthaburi, as well as creating jewelry designs that represent the identity of Wang Suan Ban Kaew in Chanthaburi. The procedures of the first purpose for this research were proceeded by gathering and analysing the relevant researches along with an Individual Depth Interview by 5 specific participants as the first sampling, while 186 participants were out of 360 participants on average who visited Wang Suan Ban Kaew have been selected in accordance with the Krejcie and Morgan table for this second sampling. In regard to the procedures of the second purpose for this research, the researchers evaluated from the 3 selected professional jewelry designers’ opinions on the designs that convey to the identity of Wang suan Ban Kaew. It was found that Her Majesty Queen Rambhai Barni which connects to her personal court is the best identity that participants were perceptible. The findings also demonstrated that the four distinctions of knowledge were Her Majesty Queen Rambhai Barni’s history, Wang Ban Suan’s architecture, local handicrafts, and her own garden. These results obtained from the analysis on perception through interviews along with fieldwork. With reference to the result of jewelry sketches in 3 sets consisting of necklaces, bracelets and pins in which the criteria of design conducted by the experts, it revealed that the second sketch “Dynamic of knowledge” is the decent design, on average by 4.33 as well as 0.57 by the standard deviation.