by Will Cottrell | Apr 17, 2026 | Works
Shape As Structure WritingStructure is not only created only through the strength of a material. It can also emerge from how... Bamboo U: My Bamboo Education in Bali WritingAs an artist trying to understand bamboo, I went to Bali to study the structural languages......
by Will Cottrell | Apr 15, 2026 | Works
Artist Statement Technique & Process Bamboo is my primary material, and I use a combination of cuts, splits, breakages, offcuts and connection techniques to create sculptural forms. I use bamboo carpentry as a means of engaging with ideas of connection,...
by Will Cottrell | Apr 14, 2026 | Works
What Holds It Together The work begins with a simple question: what holds this together? Not in terms of material strength, but in terms of how parts relate, resist, and organise themselves into something that stands. Structure is present throughout – embedded...
by Will Cottrell | Apr 1, 2026 | Works
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 | Works
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 | Jan 20, 2026 | Works
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...
