by Will Cottrell | Mar 11, 2026 | Bamboo Art, Material Investigation
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 | Bamboo Art, Material Investigation
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:...
