Craig Fulladosa on sat 13 feb 99
I know there was a thread not long ago about brushes - is there any
actual detailed info about making brushes - as in step 1 step 2 etc.
Also, is there anyone out there that has made there own bent bamboo
handles for teapots or such? Is it better just to buy them from Aftosa
or any other supplier? Does bamboo grow where it is cold enough to
freeze?
thanks,
Craig
in the California High Desert (3000 Ft)
http://home.earthlink.net/~craigfull/
Dr.Tom Roess on sun 14 feb 99
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Hi Craig,
Your question about bamboo growing where it gets cold interested me because
I have bamboo growing here in Colorado at 7500 feet where our winter
temperatures can get down to 40 below. I transplanted it from Ohio when we
moved and it hasn't grown as much here as it did there, but it has survived
10 winters so far. The canes get about as big around as a pencil. Whether
you could make handles out of it or not I don't know. The Latin name is
Phyllostachys Aurea and it is the hardiest of the bamboos. There are
probably several other kinds you could grow if your temperatures only go to
freezing.
Lou in Snowmass
Judy Frederick on mon 15 feb 99
Hi,
I live in Baltimore and bamboo grows like crazy around here. It makes it
fine throughout the ice storms and blizzards. My guess from my experience in
Basketry is that you probable soak it in water like you do with the reed and
ribs that you use to make baskets.
Never thought to try it though. Judy
Rebecca Knight on wed 17 feb 99
Can anyone recommend a book, or books, that explains how to make handles or
other additions from bamboo or reed? Thanks.
Joseph Herbert on wed 17 feb 99
If any of you are considering bamboo culture, BE ADVISED: Bamboo is an
extremely invasive, energetic plant. Bamboo propagates by underground
runner (rhizome?) that travels along under the ground sending up a new
plant every foot or so. You can easily loose your yard to this plant.
I visited a home in Ft. Worth, Texas where the resident had planted
bamboo, probably as an ornament, some years before. The back part of
the property was a wall of 30 foot high canes about 1 inch dia at the
base and less than a foot apart. The yard had been kept mowed but you
could see the knuckles of bamboo roots sticking up every few feet. If
the mower rested for a few minutes in the spring, the yard would be
gone. The only control of bamboo is eternal vigilance or Round Up.
There are, they say, clump bamboos and running bamboos. I would not
take the chance. An error in this case leads to a difficult eradication
program.
If one must have bamboo, you could entice a neighbor (preferably across
a paved street) to plant some. A better choice is a sunken chimney
tile. The planters at the Cleveland Zoo contained their bamboo by
sinking a 12 x 12 ceramic chimney liner tile in the ground. The bamboo
was planted inside the tile. I suppose that the power of hydrating
wood and freeze and thaw might eventually break the tile but it seems
like it might work for a while. Keep your eye on it though.
Kudzu, Honeysuckle, Wisteria, Bamboo - no thank you.
Joseph Herbert
Joseph.Herbert@att.net
Brian Crocker on thu 18 feb 99
G'day Rebecca,
The best I can suggest is to contact the nearest Blind Society, they all
have been involved in cane work at some time or other.. It's cane work you
need not
Bamboo. Bamboo is too brittle for bent handles and no where near as dense
as Cane. Bamboo is generaly used for brushes allthough to contradict my
self, there are some kinds of small diameter bamboos that can be bent after
'boiling for time'.
If you cant find a book on the subject, send me an e.mail and I will send
you the basics of cane [ rattan ] bending, Kind regards Brian C.,
At 09:11 AM 17/02/99 EST, you wrote:
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>Can anyone recommend a book, or books, that explains how to make handles or
>other additions from bamboo or reed? Thanks.
>
>
Brian Crocker
4 Erica Street,
Tea Tree Gully 5091,
South Australia,
Australia. {e.mail} crocker@dove.com.au
" When a Potter Gives or Sells Pots Part of a Life is Given Also " CR
OC.
Mason Batchelder on fri 19 feb 99
Someone planted bamboo here 50 years ago and the estate let the homestead sit
idle for over 10 years.Whwn we bought it had bamboo that hid 2 large 2 story
steep peaked roofs .The wisteria and bamboo was right out of a sceen from a
jungle movie.Jist to add insult to injury was the fact that each building had
been invaded including under and inside.The poison ivy was unreal and the
wisteria could support a 200# man swinging like Tarzan and no FULL STRENGTH
ROUNDUP NOR ANYTHING ELSE SHORT OF BUSH AXES, BULLDOZERS AND MANUALLY DIGGING
THE ROOTS OUT WITH PICKAXES ERADICATED MOST OF IT (we hope, sigh).The bamboo
was 8" in diameter the original stuff and 30-40 feet high and kinda neet and
the roots looked like those jointed knarwled sp? Engllish teapot handles
GROWING IN PIG MANURE UNDISTURBED FOR 10-15 YEARS.
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