Bamboo is the biggest member of the grass family and has thousands of uses. It can be pressed, flattened, molded, sliced, burnt or carved. It is used as paper, flooring, musical instruments; its leaves, as livestock feed; and its shoots are popular in Asian cuisines. Bamboo supports millions of people in cottage industries worldwide.
Bamboo Fibonacci Tunnel by Akio Hizume www.starcage.org
Kawashima Shigeo’s Ring at the Kennedy Center. Sliced bamboo held together with black cotton twine. textilearts.com See ‘making of’ video: artsedge.kennedy-center.org
Universal Circle by Kawashima Shigeo, 2008. Sliced bamboo held together with black cotton twine. www.flickr.com
Big Bambu Installation by Doug and Mike Starn, reconstructed at the Venice Biennale. Photo: designboom.com
Big Bambu Installation by Doug and Mike Starn on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. This one hundred foot long sculpture used 5,000 bamboo poles lashed together with 50 miles of colored nylon ropes. Photo by Scott Dunn, www.flickr.com
Big Bambu Installation by Doug and Mike Starn on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Good video about the process here: www.youtube.com
Big Bambu Installation by Doug and Mike Starn on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. More great photos here: designboom.com
Big Bambu Installation by Doug and Mike Starn on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Bamboo Sphere in La Bambouseraie d’Anduze photo by Sebastien Abric www.fotopassion.fr
La Bambouseraie, near Arles, France. Photo: Max R. www.flickr.com
La Bambouseraie entrance – Anduze, France. www.bambouseraie.com
Bamboo Installation, Museum of Modern Art, NY. Photo: Frank Oudeman. www.bambus.de
Bamboo Sculpture by Tetsunori Kawana at the NY Botanical Garden, photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen. www.flickr.com
Tetsunori Kawana, photo: fotologue.jp/Kawana
Bamboo Water by Tetsunori Kawana, photo: fotologue.jp/Kawana
Tetsunori Kawana’s Passages at the Mint Museum, Charlotte, 2011. Photo: robertwilliamsofbrooklyn.blogspot.com
Tetsunori Kawana, photo: fotologue.jp/Kawana
Akio Hizume’s Star Cage is a Mu Magari. www.starcage.org
Akio Hizume’s Sunflower Tower uses 300 – 4m poles. For more pics: www.starcage.org
Nagakura Kenichi Star Dust, 2003, madake {h. 17 1/2 in, w. 19 in, d. 10 in}. Courtesy of Tai Gallery/Textile Arts. www.americancraftmag.org
bamboo sculpture
Bamboo sculpture Avis Unda by Charissa Brock, www.charissabrock.com
Bamboo can be cut, stacked, glued, sanded, split, bent, woven and sewn.
Charissa Brock, detaill of Avis Unda, www.charissabrock.com
Bamboo Sunflower by Charissa Brock, www.charissabrock.com
Charissa Brock, Quiet Standing, detail. www.charissabrock.com
Charissa Brock, Dance of the Red Dawn, detail. www.charissabrock.com
bamboo bowl
Bamboo Platter (sliced) by Charissa Brock, www.charissabrock.com
Bamboo bowl
Bamboo Teapot by Charissa Brock, www.charissabrock.com
Into the Wind by Charissa Brock www.charissabrock.com
Budding Beauty by Monden Kyogoku www.textilearts.com
‘Streaming Light’ by Honma Kazuaki (b.1930) made from smoked bamboo taken from the eaves of an old farmhouse. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, www.flickr.com
Morigami Jin Harmony II, 2006, www.americancraftmag.org
Bamboo Sculpture at the Burning Man Festival, 2006. Photo by Chris Alexander www.flickr.com
Burning Man Festival – Solar Lights on Bamboo Structures. www.calibamboo.com
Bamboo Sculpture by Andy Goldsworthy
November 1987, Kinagashima-Cho, Japan
www.sculpture.org.uk
Bamboo Cocoon by Jiro Yonezawa, galleryconnexion.ca
Charissa Brock at work, www.charissabrock.com
The Forest Pavilion serves as a meeting and performance space for visitors to the Da Nong Da Fu Forest and Eco-park in Hualien province, Taiwan. NArchitects. Photo by Iwan Baan, www.archdaily.com
Bamboo basket making. Photo: Otomodachi www.flickr.com
Bamboo basket making. Photo: Otomodachi www.flickr.com
Michael Murphy’s Portrait of Moses Collins in bamboo and steel wire. 8′ x 14′. morristsai.com
Charissa Brock’s Suit of Armour, www.charissabrock.com
Three Common Bamboos
Madake, is a primary building bamboo with thick, strong hulls.
Meyeri, is thinner and more flexible.
Moso is giant, and has been used to build houses in Asia for thousands of years.
Buy Bamboo
Cali Bamboo, San Diego: www.calibamboo.com
In Dudley, Georgia: www.thebigbamboocompany.com
In Oregon: www.bamboogarden.comBamboo Decking: www.moso-bamboo.com
Bamboo Sculpture Videos
Kawashima Shigeo working with bamboo: artsedge.kennedy-center.org
Breathtaking!
Wonderful post. Loved it all!
Absolutely wonderful. Love bamboo and its many artful uses.
Simplesmente maravilhoso
This bamboo art is beautiful and inspiring!. I found a local NYC area source for Bamboo who services the tri state area with installs and rooftop plantings. ‘Bamboo Bob’ – His web site is http://www.IdigBamboo.com
Great designs,I would love to put this link on my web sites!
You will enjoy Laurent Martin ‘Lo’ work on bamboo and his work at Green School. Bali.
Please link to http://www.laurent-lo.com
Best regards
Check Arhgentine artit Edgardo Madanes work with wicker. FANTASTIC