by Will Cottrell | May 27, 2025 | Writing
By Will Cottrell Fruito lunged and plunged. Sweat glistened on his quaking buttocks. He thrust and shoved; he dominated and towered: I’m the god, he told himself, impressed by the bamboo bed’s heavy shaking. I’m the god, it’s me… I...
by Will Cottrell | May 2, 2025 | Bamboo Blog
Straight lines that form a curve? The hyperbolic paraboloid—famously echoed in the shape of a Pringle—is a doubly curved surface, simultaneously concave and convex. Imagine a saddle or the twist of a torso. This deceptively complex form is actually made entirely from...
by Will Cottrell | Apr 14, 2025 | Bamboo Blog
The striking rich colour of black bamboo at The Oriental Bamboo in Thailand Let’s get something straight: black bamboo is drop-dead gorgeous. Possibly the most beautiful of the entire bamboo clan—and still, bizarrely, no one knows it exists. It’s like the George...
by Will Cottrell | Apr 13, 2025 | Context
Is this Koh Lanta – and Thailand’s – biggest tree? The picture as to where is Thailand’s biggest tree is somewhat confused. ‘Biggest’ is usually defined as fattest; girth, in other words. And fattest means oldest. National newspaper the Nation has there being a 25m...
by Will Cottrell | Apr 11, 2025 | Contemporary Bamboo Art
Bag of Bones Bag of Bones is a sculptural meditation on mortality, resilience, and transformation. Crafted from a rotating stack of split bamboo “bones,” the piece evokes a skeletal form—both architectural and organic. The lower segments are varnished,...
