Wangchuan has been using a traditional weaving technique that has been passed down from his family through the generations. He safeguards this technique amid the rapid intervention of urban development in Thailand whilst drawing visual references from the culture and history of his home country. Religion, traditional dance, calligraphy, and botanical species native to northern Thailand form various inspirations in Wangchuan’s bold, elaborate and textural woven works. In new work Flowers Rain, the artist makes a reference to the Greek Goddess Flora, which appeared in his dreams. He carefully weaves together flowers, balloons and traditional masks that are significant of old Thai traditions and modern times. Their highly decorated structure recalls the arrangements of phuang malai (floral garlands), often given as offerings or for good luck, and the floral floats used in the Bun Bang Fai (Rocket Festival), which is a merit-making ceremony traditionally practiced in North-eastern Thailand near the beginning of the wet season. By virtue, these two works become contemporary symbols of hope, luck, and blessings. Suspending as important testaments of a history that is both personal and collective, these intricate arrangements become laboured inventories of the real and make-believe.