Will Cottrell sitting beside a handcrafted bamboo armchair prototype in a sunlit forest workshop on Koh Lanta

Technique & Process

Bamboo is my primary material, and I use a combination of cuts, splits, breakages, offcuts and connection techniques to create sculptural forms. 

I use bamboo carpentry as a means of engaging with ideas of connection, breakdown, tension, strength, shadow, and rupture.

My work follows a process of iteration – creating, assembling, and revising forms. 

These processes are both exploratory and conceptual, allowing meaning to emerge through both the making of objects and the ideas I have about making them. 

Technique & Process

Bamboo is my primary material, and I use a combination of cuts, splits, breakages, offcuts and connection techniques to create sculptural forms. 

I use bamboo carpentry as a means of engaging with ideas of connection, breakdown, tension, strength, shadow, and rupture.

My work follows a process of iteration – creating, assembling, and revising forms. 

These processes are both exploratory and conceptual, allowing meaning to emerge through both the making of objects and the ideas I have about making them. 

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