Fruit Carving: The Old Thai Art

Thai were the people who introduced the fruit carving or fruit slicing art in theworld back in the 14th century. The first kratong was offered to the Goddess of the water by the founder of Sukhothai, King Ramkhamhaeng. It was turned into a festival and being celebrated every year in November.  The king was so happy with the creation and decided to teach fruit carving as an art heritage in the royal palace. The teaching was kept secret and it was limited to royal palace only.

The art is known as Kae SA Lak in Thai society. Now the fruit slicing is so famous in the world and being taught in the different countries of the world as a professional course. There are two major types of fruit carving: Skin Carving and Three Dimension Carving. The skin carving is used where centre of the fruit is different from its skin and it is carve until the difference is removed and designer gets its desired shape. On the other hand, the three dimension carving is used to make different shapes like flowers, leaves etc.

Selecting Raw Material for Fruit Slicing

Selection of appropriate raw material for fruit slicing is one of the most important elements. You will have to choose from soft and hard fruits to design your desired shape. It will be easy for you to design your desired shape with the hard fruit. Once the fruit is selected, now it is time to decide the method of slicing. The difference between soft and hard fruits is so clear. The hard fruits like watermelon provide a slicer complete freedom to slice according to required shape, but soft fruits are difficult to use for this purpose. If you want to be a crazy fruit slicer then you have to choose a good raw material for it.

Slice the fruit like in the picture and use toothpicks that I often use for slicing. Toothpicks are removed in editing; therefore, you need to know the actual shape of the fruit after removing these toothpicks from slicing. Carefully add toothpicks to keep it fix and balance. A shower can also be used to make these slices fresher so that they look attractive.