Wednesday, July 18, 2007

740 Bamboos left


The big walls count about 140-170 bamboos and vary between 200 cm or 250 cm ... and very heavy.

Big steps..




The first panels are attached!

Monday, July 9, 2007

Friends and Volunteers




































































Fortunately we had many helping hands
that mastered the art of bamboo-bondage.

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Knots, Knots, Knots ...


In the foreground you can see the bags of Bamboo ... waiting to be tied up.


















































Each Bamboo was numbered to keep the design exact.

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

1000 Bamboo



The next step was to assemble the Bamboo to panels that would cover the frames wrapped in burlap jute.

Finito la Jute!!

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Burlap Jute


Boris Pintado suggested Burlap Jute for the wrapping of the metal. The yellow, ocher color and beautiful roughly woven texture of the Jute transforms the harsh metal-gray into an organic element of this garden.