A Balinese Bamboo Education

A Balinese Bamboo Education

by | Apr 3, 2026 | Writing

A Balinese Bamboo Education As an artist trying to understand bamboo, I went to Bali to study the structural languages developed there. Bali is the home of contemporary bamboo and the structures they are creating are both visually mind-blowing and structurally...
Bali’s Bambu Indah: A Working Bamboo Lab

Bali’s Bambu Indah: A Working Bamboo Lab

by | Apr 3, 2026 | Writing

Bali’s Bambu Indah: A Working Bamboo Lab I visited the Bambu Indah eco-resort while in studying bamboo construction in Bali. What I found was something like a working laboratory where material, structure, process and building are tested, developed and deployed....
Lessons from Bali’s Green School

Lessons from Bali’s Green School

by | Apr 3, 2026 | Writing

Lessons from Bali’s Green School The Green School in Bali represents an enormous body of knowledge about contemporary bamboo practice. It’s the global reference point for bamboo innovation. In 2024 I studied with Bamboo U, part of the architectural team...
Process as Alchemy

Process as Alchemy

by | Apr 1, 2026 | Writing

Process as Alchemy Some of my work has been concerned with the processes of alchemy as routes towards personal change. Carl Jung recognised that alchemical processes can be understood as material and psychological. A visual blackening might be read symbolically as...