If you are flying Thai Airways in April, take a look at my feature in Sawasdee in-flight magazine about Khomapastr textiles.

Here’s a few images from the cutting room floor that didn’t make it into the article.

The Khomapastr screen printing workshop and retail outlet is in Hua Hin. There’s also another shop in Bangkok.

The workshop is a big – and very hot – shed with lovely light.

Khomapastr also has an interesting history which you can discover in Sawasdee magazine.

Visit Khomapastr here. They also have a Facebook page here.

I was in Chiang Mai at the weekend on a photo assignment and took a ride to Bor Sang, about 10 kilometres outside the city. The town is renowned for making umbrellas from bamboo and saa paper. On Saturday and Sunday the annual umbrella festival was taking place. This involves lots of typically Thai fun, music, dance and parades.

A bevy of young beauties from the local school were performing a dance routine on Sunday afternoon and I was made to promise that I would post a few pictures on the website.

There were also demonstrations of the art of umbrella making and painting.

There are dozens of workshops in Bor Sang producing umbrellas for the local and international tourist market.

It was a good opportunity to capture some visually striking images for a book I am working on about Thailand.