Fresh Stucco Sculpture Wisdom of Phetchaburi Craftsmen via Designing and Decorative Adaptation with Public Products to Create Identity of Phetchaburi Province

Abstract

This research purposes to design and decorate public products to create identity of Phetchaburi Province by using wisdom, materials, form and technique of fresh stucco art of Phetchaburi Craftsmen, by using interview method to interview expert technicians. This research emphasized forms and uniqueness of Phetchaburi Craftsmen. It can be seen that the unique form in fresh stucco of Phetchaburi Craftsmen which can help create identity of Phetchaburi Province consists of asymmetry; it is flexible according to intelligence, emotion and feeling of technicians until it is created to be specific form of Phetchaburi Craftsmen. Form of pattern stucco; so that it has wavering nature of molding of the design, inserted alternately, by using wire frame to help in fastening; form of overlapping of design. Stucco technicians bring the form of wood carving to be adapted as stucco work. The sculpture is made by protruding from walls of gable. Fixing of gold in glass groove, other than being the part help stucco to be prominent, it protects lime, so that lime will have longer life, because gold and glass will coat with lime so that it will not expose to the Sun and rain. When time passes, it will result in lime becoming rock. When gold or glass loosens, perfectness of stucco work exists. Furthermore, it was found that specific property of fresh lime had appropriateness in using for designing of public product, because lime is lime mixing with water, so lime can absorb water and it has draining channel and water can evaporate. There is no result on extension or shrinking of lime due to changing of temperature.