by Will Cottrell | 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...
by Will Cottrell | 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...
by Will Cottrell | Mar 30, 2026 | Writing
Bamboo Surface Transformations Surface transformations aligned with the stages of alchemical and psychological development: black, white, yellow, and red. Each colour emerges through a specific material operation. The black of nigredo is achieved through burning: soot...
by Will Cottrell | Mar 18, 2026 | Writing
Working thematically and in Series I am greatly influenced by Henry Moore’s idea of a form having a “power of expression.” I work until I recognise that a structure carries this expressive force. For Carl Jung, the power in an expression lies in its psychological...
by Will Cottrell | Mar 13, 2026 | Material Investigation, Writing
Form Studies: Bamboo Hyperbolic Paraboloids Often used in contemporary Asian bamboo architecture, a hyperbolic paraboloid is a doubly-curved surface, simultaneously concave and convex. This deceptively complex form is actually made entirely from straight lines. Every...
