From houses to bridges to food containers, fast growing, strong, and easy to manipulate, Bamboo is a major material for this region’s construction and production. This chapter would like to introduce some of the unique ways of using Bamboo. (above picture by Lek is shot through Bamboo-woven wall of the guest house, Mueng Ngoy)
In the morning market of Vientiane you see all the sizes and kinds of Bamboo containers
Mr. Tien here is a sculpture artist from Chiang Mai, now resident at Baan Pit-ta Lew Art Gallery in Pai
his main art material is Bamboo. like Andy Goldsworthy’s artworks, he loves the un-permanence of it
with no effort Mr. Tien cut several pieces of Bamboo, drilled holes and made a rain stick and four shakers. then at our youth benefit project the children just had to fill them with grains and color them. (see Chapter 12)
Bamboo bridge at Nong Khiaw. A rare type of construction using the whole Bamboo trunks like this. (photo by Lek)
another bamboo bridge at Luang Prabang. This is more common style of building floors and walls where you use slices from the bamboo trunks and make a flat surface
at Huey Hok village a woman threads thin strips of Bamboo through dry banana leaves. This makes the roofing of their bamboo houses
sticky rice container. perhaps the most common bamboo item in SE Asia. although more and more restaurants are shifting to use plastic bags and styrofoam containers, many still wash and reuse these beautiful bamboo woven rice bowls.
Tak-roh balls are also very common bamboo items in SE Asia. You basically kick them in the air either in a circle or divided by teams. But here in HIVE bar, Luang Prabang, Christmas lights are threaded through the takroh balls to make a nice decorative illumination on the tables
From houses to bridges to food containers, fast growing, strong, and easy to manipulate, Bamboo is a major material for this region’s construction and production. This chapter would like to introduce some of the unique ways of using Bamboo. (above picture by Lek is shot through Bamboo-woven wall of the guest house, Mueng Ngoy)
In the morning market of Vientiane you see all the sizes and kinds of Bamboo containers
Mr. Tien here is a sculpture artist from Chiang Mai, now resident at Baan Pit-ta Lew Art Gallery in Pai
his main art material is Bamboo. like Andy Goldsworthy’s artworks, he loves the un-permanence of it
with no effort Mr. Tien cut several pieces of Bamboo, drilled holes and made a rain stick and four shakers. then at our youth benefit project the children just had to fill them with grains and color them. (see Chapter 12)
Bamboo bridge at Nong Khiaw. A rare type of construction using the whole Bamboo trunks like this. (photo by Lek)
another bamboo bridge at Luang Prabang. This is more common style of building floors and walls where you use slices from the bamboo trunks and make a flat surface
at Huey Hok village a woman threads thin strips of Bamboo through dry banana leaves. This makes the roofing of their bamboo houses
sticky rice container. perhaps the most common bamboo item in SE Asia. although more and more restaurants are shifting to use plastic bags and styrofoam containers, many still wash and reuse these beautiful bamboo woven rice bowls.
Tak-roh balls are also very common bamboo items in SE Asia. You basically kick them in the air either in a circle or divided by teams. But here in HIVE bar, Luang Prabang, Christmas lights are threaded through the takroh balls to make a nice decorative illumination on the tables
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