Will Cottrell Art
@willcottrellart.bsky.social
Artist and designer working in bamboo. My work includes buildings, furniture and sculptures crafted with this uniquely beautiful natural material - willcottrellart.com
wow that is stunning
April 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
wow that is stunning
Wow - is that natural bamboo forest? Sichuan? Beautiful.
April 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Wow - is that natural bamboo forest? Sichuan? Beautiful.
Is that a bamboo beehive?
April 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Is that a bamboo beehive?
Cool! What's the species?
April 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Cool! What's the species?
Moso bamboo? Or Gadua?
April 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Moso bamboo? Or Gadua?
Very nice. Where did you get the laminated Bamboo from - or did you make it yourself?
April 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Very nice. Where did you get the laminated Bamboo from - or did you make it yourself?
OK, thanks - that's interesting Horizom. Any suppliers you know if in the UK?
April 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
OK, thanks - that's interesting Horizom. Any suppliers you know if in the UK?
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I've bought a few trays and suchlike lately made of bamboo, which seems to be a quality material in that scale, and wonder if is also a somewhat ignored (in Australia) material for building construction? This claims so
thefifthestate.com.au/innovation/m...
thefifthestate.com.au/innovation/m...
Bamboo – why isn't it our biggest building material?
Sustainable, versatile, strong, and quickly replenished, bamboo could be the building material that brings us closer to a net-zero carbon footprint. But why hasn't a large-scale bamboo industry been c...
thefifthestate.com.au
February 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I've bought a few trays and suchlike lately made of bamboo, which seems to be a quality material in that scale, and wonder if is also a somewhat ignored (in Australia) material for building construction? This claims so
thefifthestate.com.au/innovation/m...
thefifthestate.com.au/innovation/m...
It is! Trouble is that Bamboo is not a standard shape, which makes it difficult to 'plug in' to the building industry. Working with bamboo needs a different approach to design. This is an issue that has many in the bamboo industry scratching their heads...
April 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It is! Trouble is that Bamboo is not a standard shape, which makes it difficult to 'plug in' to the building industry. Working with bamboo needs a different approach to design. This is an issue that has many in the bamboo industry scratching their heads...
Not a bad idea. But the stems will degrade in a few years. If you treated them with borax they would last longer - but in contact with water they're still going to end up soil again.
April 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Not a bad idea. But the stems will degrade in a few years. If you treated them with borax they would last longer - but in contact with water they're still going to end up soil again.
Paul - where are you establishing in Europe? I've heard of Bamboo Logic but that's about it. I'm after some bamboo splits, and maybe some poles, but also interested in the European bamboo scene...
April 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Paul - where are you establishing in Europe? I've heard of Bamboo Logic but that's about it. I'm after some bamboo splits, and maybe some poles, but also interested in the European bamboo scene...
