by Will Cottrell | Jan 20, 2026 | Bamboo Art
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 | 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 I’m interested in how the past speaks to us beyond our conventional metrics of minutes and years, but as something much, much older. Bone Clock is made of bamboo bones – bamboo poles split longitudinally to reveal the interior node walls. The bones form a...
by Will Cottrell | Jun 30, 2025 | Bamboo Art, Bamboo Models, 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...
by Will Cottrell | Jun 25, 2025 | Bamboo Art, Bamboo Models, Psyche Architecture
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow This piece evokes the melancholic beauty of dissolution. A collapsing architectural form—its bamboo slats slumped and peeling—suggests a structure no longer able to hold itself together. One flank appears to unravel into wave-like...
