by Will Cottrell | Dec 8, 2025 | Bamboo Art
‘Tatooine’ Bamboo Couch I call this my ‘Tatooine’ sofa ‘cos it’s the kind of sofa I imagine Luke Skywalker sitting in. I started the design with inspiration from a Ulster-woman Linda Garland who lived in Bali and was a pioneer in...
by Will Cottrell | Dec 8, 2025 | Bamboo Art
Bali-style Bamboo Bed Bali-style Bamboo Bed, built from 11–13 cm Indonesian Java Black bamboo, layered with Tung oil to deepen the black and add sheen. Each joint is bound with Japanese square lashing (or my variant of) with 5mm Jute rope. The sleeping surface is...
by Will Cottrell | Aug 21, 2025 | Art, Bamboo Art
Festival Domes A bamboo conch-shaped dome co-created with festival-goers at various festivals in summer ’25, the structure explored new weaving techniques and came alive at night with solar lighting and a glowing central orb, transforming into a sustainable...
by Will Cottrell | Jul 4, 2025 | Bamboo Art, Myths & Masks
Skeleton Woman Inspired by the Inuit myth of the same name, Skeleton Woman speaks to the possibility of return—from death, from abandonment, from the deep. In the story, a woman’s skeleton lies forgotten on the ocean floor until a fisherman, moved by compassion, draws...
by Will Cottrell | Jul 4, 2025 | Bamboo Art, Psyche Architecture
Bone Clock A sculptural meditation on time, mortality, and transformation. Composed entirely of the inner sections of bamboo—its so-called “bones”—the piece evokes a skeletal structure that is at once architectural and organic. The radial arrangement...
by Will Cottrell | Jun 30, 2025 | Bamboo Art, Psyche Architecture
Complex Materials: Bamboo slats This sculpture visualizes the psychic architecture of a Jungian complex—tangled, autonomous, and emotionally charged. The piece contains two bulbous nodes: one that appear as twin spheres of psychic density. Their precarious connection...
