Selection on Artistic Design for the Local Hand-made Cloth and Dissemination on Innovation in Nakhon Sawan Province

Abstract

This research was conducted to find out the general background and the condition of hand-made cloth industrial movement in Nakhon Sawan province. It was concentrated on searching for the possible conservation pattern of hand-made cloth as the innovative technology for dissemination of innovations to the people who have taken it as their major occupation. This research also aimed to find out the relationship among those of independent variables of 3 categories : local weaving design, the Industrial Promotion Department's design, and personal design. The 38 patterns of hand-made cloth were the subject to find out the possible ways for dissemination of innovative technology. The methodology therefore, were both qualitative and quantitative research. SPSS/ FW Version 9.0 was used to find out the coefficient correlation and the significant differences among the independent and dependent variables. It was found that 38 patterns of hand-made clothes were under the criteria and being indicators for the selection of reserved materials. The target group for dissemination was composed of 134 persons (39 conservatives and 95 new stylists). The average age was 44.05 years old, while the level of education was more than 98 percent graduated at graduated at grade 4-6 and illiteracy. The average annual income from the major occupation was 33,334.51 baht per head and from other sources was about 8,976.92 baht. The majority (69.4%) were the people of the local weaving group numbers in Nakhon Sawan area. They also had the average of 5,191.75 baht per person per year for investment. The majority (87.3%) made clothes for personal use and for sales. In testing the hypothesis, It was found that the null hypothesis was accepted in 39 out of 99 sub hypothesis. There were also the possible alternative suggestion for these who are interested in dissemination of innovative technology.