Payom Sinawat


Payom Sinawat was a Thai textile artist. She was known as an expert in the traditional textile arts of Isan, and was named National Artist in visual arts in 1987.

Life and career

She was born in Sisaket Province, Thailand, on 3 February 1909. In addition to handcrafting silk for the Queen, Sinawat played a vital role in popularizing traditional textile arts. She was trained by her mother at Nakhon Ratchasima Province. She learnt merging silk threads, bleaching, dyeing, and weaving. After marriage, she moved to Roi Et Province where she studied cloth work with her husband's family.
She died on at Ramathibodi Hospital on 25 October 2008.

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