The village of Ban Bat is believed to be the last remaining village in Thailand making handmade Alms bowls for Thai Buddhist monks. The village was commissioned the eighteen century by King Rama I to perfect the craft of making these bowls which would be used to by the monks to collect their daily meals. Each bowl is crafted by a series of artisan masters working together to construct the bowls to the highest quality and to last a lifetime.

Mayuree Sueriserm was born into the craft of making alms bowls by hand in the village of Ban Bat, where the tradition has subsisted since a royal decree in the eighteenth century. Mayuree left school at an early age to work amongst her family and became one of the few women to master each step of the arduous process of bowl making. Her daughter, Maneerat Nakrat, is working alongside her mother to ensure their craftsmanship continues to be relevant for the benefit of the community artisans and the devout Buddhist monks who use this bowls, as Ban Bat is the last of the villages to preserve this invaluable cultural legacy.