Category 9:Craftsmanship InventionFolk Wisdom

Natural-Dyed Reed Products

Inventing Team

4.1 Miss Kesini Phokutsai Accounting, 1st yr. Diploma (Head)4.2 Miss Chuthathip Phonthep Accounting, 1st yr. Diploma4.3 Miss Phaeton Bunrat Accounting, 1st yr. Diploma4.4 Miss Duangnaruemon Phutthachit Accounting, 1st yr. Diploma 4.5 Miss Yuwadi Nongkaen Hotel, 1st yr. Diploma4.6 Miss Nathita Ritsing Accounting, 1st yr. Diploma4.7 Miss Phatsani Somsap Hotel 1st yr. Diploma4.8 Miss Kanchana Doksungnoen Hotel 1st yr. Diploma

Rationale

-Weaving had occurred for 60 years to use in household.-Trying to grow reed had been done by villager and it went well.-Weaving reed in sheet, it would durable.-Grouping a reed-weaving team as a part time job after done farming.

Objectives1.To develop pattern of folk wisdom natural-dyed reed products.2. To investigate consumers’ satisfaction toward developed products. Usage1. Having products with pattern and quality to meet market needs.2. To learn consumers’ satisfaction toward products.3. Being able to use products in home decorations and female bag.

HypothesisFolk wisdom natural-dyed reed products will be developed the product patterns according to genders with differences in high-level satisfaction. Variable

Independent Variable: Product patterns Dependent Variable: Interest groups’ opinions and satisfaction toward products according to genders.

Population: Interest group and expert teams, Ban Wai’s house wives, who trained students

Sample: 20 Ban Wai’s skilled house wives in Loengnoktha, Yasothon and 60 interest persons by simple random sampling

Methodology

InstrumentsPart 1: Development of product patterns,

home decoration and female bags.Part 2: Evaluation of consumers’s satisfaction toward products by 5 rating scale (Likert’s Scale)

Data CollectionResearcher collected data by interview experts, studied KBO network documents and questionnaire to find consumers’s satisfaction toward products.

Data AnalysisCollected data was analysed through automatic computer program to find frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, and standard deviation.

ResultPart 1: Interview result and study product pattern development, home decoration and female bag.

It found that the products had no patterns and attraction. That’s why they were cheap and lack of attraction.

Part 2: Results of consumers’s satisfaction toward productsTable 1: Demographic Background

Demographic Background (N=80) PercentGender - Male - Female

2654

32.567.5

Ages - Under 25 yrs. - 26 – 35 yrs. - 36 - 45 yrs. - 46 – 55 yrs. - Over 56 yrs.

121832135

15.022.540.0

16.256.25

Demographic Background N=80 PercentEducation- Lower than high school- High school- Bachelor’s degree- Higher than Bachelor’s degree

3317246

41.2521.2530.07.5

Data group- Ban Wai’s house wives- Interest persons

2060

25.075.0

Occupations - Students - Officials - State enterprise officials - House wives - Business owner

12285

314

15.035.06.2538.755.0

Part2: Results of consumers’s satisfaction toward productsTable 2: Results in quality and products.

ItemsSatisfaction Level

S.D. LevelQuality

1. Neat products 3.86 1.21 High2. Material and production 4.02 1.11 High3. meticulousness and attraction 4.30 .83 High

4. Dyeing suitability 4.56 .72 Highest

Total 4.18 .96 High

Items Satisfaction Level

Products S.D. Level1. Suitable product pattern 4.24 .71 High2. Up-to-date product pattern 4.11 .69 High3. Trendy product pattern 4.04 .93 High4. Attraction product pattern 3.69 1.34 High5. Suitable material 4.12 .85 High6. Market possibility 4.18 .81 High7. Concluded satisfaction 3.91 1.07 High

Total 4.04 .91 HighOverall 4.11 .93 High

Conclusion

1. It found that the products had no patterns and attraction. That’s why they were cheap and lack of attraction.

2. In overall, it found that consumers’ satisfaction toward products on products and quality were in High level ( x=4.11) .