Bamboo & Paper

We started using 1 or 2 split bamboo poles (2’ to 4’ long) as simple, elegant supports when composing just as we use wire, wood slats & foam board.

Later, we built some bamboo structures held together with cable ties. They’re meant to be used in any position whether it’s a freestanding one or not. They were starting points for composing. We thought of them as interactive clothes horses. We’ll add and arrange objects on the framework until we get a composition we like. Generally, it won’t be free-standing. So, we’ll rearrange the objects a bit more; add some abaca wrapped rocks; or take a strip of fabric and attach it from artwork to ground as a guy wire. Or, we’ll snip some cable ties and rearrange, extend, add or subtract some of the bamboo sticks.

Also, see our suspended bamboo & paper piece, Yours unless you stop that was up in the Arts building at Edgewood College, Madison WI this past school year.