Great Beyond Episode 9

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00:38Up next on Going Beyond, we'll visit the Royal Teakwood Factory, where some of the most

00:49expensive woodwork in the world is manufactured.

00:56Stroll through the largest market in the world.

01:01And finally, we'll take a ride on the largest Ferris wheel in Asia.

01:08It's like a big step for the huge trip around Asia.

01:31Located not far from the coconut palm sugar plant is the Royal Teakwood Factory, another

01:38popular tourist attraction.

01:39Oh, okay.

01:44He said that this canal also linked to another floating market, which is famous at night,

01:51Amphawa Market.

01:52So at night, he'll go another round.

01:55He's floating to there?

01:56To another market.

01:57Wow, it's all connected, right?

01:59Yeah.

02:00We have two jobs in the morning at night.

02:01Morning at night.

02:02Kapunka!

02:03Thank you very much.

02:04Kapunka long.

02:13Now I'm in a teak factory.

02:16The products from this tree are valuable around the world.

02:20People from different countries come here to buy the products.

02:23Let's see how they make it here.

02:32Furniture made from teakwood is among the most expensive because of the wood's natural properties.

02:38What makes it especially valuable is its durability.

02:42The natural oils found within the teak protect the wood from dry rot.

02:49Depending on its complexity, the price of a finished item of furniture varies from a few thousand to a few million dollars.

03:02All pieces here are crafted by hand.

03:07How long does it take for to make one like this?

03:21To make one like this?

03:2210 months.

03:2310 months?

03:2410 months.

03:2510 months.

03:2610 months.

03:2710.

03:2810.

03:2910 months.

03:3010 months.

03:31And how much this picture?

03:32Or it depends.

03:3640,000 $40,000 who is the most customers from which country

03:48But I saw it all around the world, but mostly America America

03:55Do you cover the woods with some material?

04:06So if I want to make the sea blue and coloring it's extra price right so 40,000

04:27So it's like

04:29Cabinets yes, and you can do openly become the bar and become a bar

04:36And move it like that

04:40Yeah

04:41Open it

04:44There are so many wood here

04:46Everything from wood

04:47Wood from wood

04:50You have wine?

04:51Yeah, that's for sure

04:56Nice

04:59Glass

04:59It's so heavy, how many…

05:01Easy

05:02Easy? But how to ship it? How many kilograms?

05:05I believe it will be charged by wood

05:07By size

05:08Because we send it by sea

05:10Sea face

05:12Ethical climate

05:14I'm hacking

05:17A strict unwritten rule of this place is that if you accidentally damage a furniture item

05:23You have to purchase it

05:25So be very careful with your step

05:30Can I try?

05:31Yes

05:31I will sit in the most expensive chair in my life

05:37Some items are indeed very exclusive and are priced accordingly

05:42Oh, I feel like a Rama 11

05:51Or how you call it queen

05:53Queen

05:54Ratchini

05:55Ratchini

05:56In Thailand?

05:57In Thailand?

05:58Yeah

05:58Ratchini

05:59Ratchini

06:00I feel like Ratchini 11

06:04Because Tequid furniture manufacturing is paramount to the country's future

06:09The king of Thailand personally controls all the processes at the factory

06:14How many customers do you have? How often does someone buy pieces?

06:19How often?

06:20What do you call it?

06:21Every day

06:22Every day someone buys something

06:24Yeah

06:24Wow

06:25A lot of money, right?

06:30Every item made from Tequid is authentic

06:33Both in design and execution

06:35So, when making a purchase, rest assured that you will own a unique item

06:44And if I want this chair that I was sitting, like to put my face and to make like red color

06:51You can make it?

06:52Yes

06:52Anything I want?

06:53Yes

06:54Anything?

06:54Yes

06:55And make a golden stuff?

06:57You pay it

06:58You do

07:01Maybe for you

07:02So, if I give you a picture, you can make the...

07:06Give me a picture

07:07Yeah

07:07Maybe

07:08Yeah

07:08Make it three dimension

07:11And who make 3D?

07:13Do you use computer or you just take a picture?

07:16No, no, no

07:16No? Just like this?

07:17Just like that

07:19Wow

07:21So, they use just brain and hands

07:22Actually, I'm like

07:23Yeah

07:24Wow

07:25Okay

07:26They know how to cut the wood

07:28Make it three

07:29Nice

07:35This is legendary teak tree

07:37Look how big the leaves are

07:39And the tree can grow up to 40 meters

07:43Now, let's take a closer look at how these prize pieces are created

07:48The best teak furniture is made of mature trees

07:52It takes from 80 to 200 years before a teak tree is harvested for wood

07:58It then needs to be dried out or seasoned

08:01Often, the wood is exposed to direct sunlight for three months to avoid deformation during the carving

08:07These people who work here, they probably are from the last generation who truly skilled in the craft work

08:21The pieces of art made from this wood

08:25It's really expensive because everything here is made with the hands

08:31Can you imagine everything?

08:33And workers have the picture in their heads

08:36It's such a 3D model

08:37To find out more about the specifics of the furniture making process, we approached one of the local craftsmen

08:55How long do you work in the wood industry at all? When you start making this?

09:07I am working here already about 13 years

09:14It's very slow job

09:17This table will be finished in one month and cost 10,000 dollars

09:21Maybe there are some schools for kids who want to learn how to work with the wood

09:34My father started to teach me when I was 14 years old

09:38But now, young people aren't interested in that case

09:42Tell me says that today's youngsters give up woodcraft to pursue degrees in economics

09:53IT or law and indeed this is very sad

10:04Now I'm going to take a part in the masterpiece

10:07I'm scared

10:15I think every hit is like cost one dollar

10:23One dollar, one hit

10:30Wish you good luck

10:32Thank you very much

10:37Because Teakwood furniture manufacturing remains one of the country's main revenue earners

10:46The filling of such prized trees is controlled by the government

10:50Giving permission only to factories like this one

10:54The Thai authorities also promote learning of woodcraft skills among the youth by opening schools

11:00where a new generation of craftsmen is being trained

11:07And also when parents die there, people of such a lot of the world

11:13To be an ordinary mother and life

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11:20Say a lot of food they teall

11:24If you grew up

11:26There are a lot of food teams, people of certain places

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11:30I thought the pets that possibly should be

11:32They were a fuse

11:34one reason why?

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