by Will Cottrell | Mar 11, 2026 | Writing
Experimental Bamboo Joinery, Lashing and Weaving My work often involves experimenting with different bamboo connection and joinery techniques. My prevailing interest is what bamboo can do, so I often I embark on simple material investigations: cutting, carving,...
by Will Cottrell | Jan 21, 2026 | Material Investigation, Writing
Developing Idol forms through Offcuts Some of my work is based on death and what remains. It seems to me that we cannot not be our ancestors. Physiologically, we are composites of the dead—faces, bones, inherited gestures. Psychologically, they live on in us as well:...
by Will Cottrell | Jan 20, 2026 | Bamboo Furniture
‘Outer Rim’ Coffee Table Another Star Wars–themed piece of furniture, Outer Rim takes its name from the remote Outer Rim region of the galaxy, where Luke Skywalker’s home planet, Tatooine, is located. Bamboo carries a similar sensibility: a material that...
by Will Cottrell | Jan 20, 2026 | Bamboo Models
Untitled (Ritual form) I wanted this piece to hold a sense of ritual mystery. This reflects how bamboo is seen in many Global South cultures, where bamboo – bring so commonplace and useful – has come to carry deep spiritual meaning. Black and blond bamboo...
by Will Cottrell | Jan 11, 2026 | Writing
Today is my two-hundred and fifteenth birthday. I traipse across my cave and bludgeon my foot on a stone. A rotten toenail tears away, and I threaten the emerging sun, with my stick. My stink nauseates me. Over the years I have come to smell like that moment, one...
