This year there were 16 entrants from 11 states and Mexico. For more information, contact:
Celebrating the personality of bamboo
4222 East County Road 750 NorthArundinaria gigantea (river cane) is the material Robin McBride Scott weaves into her traditional mats and basketry. She has dedicated herself to researching techniques that would have been lost to her Cherokee heritage. In 2006, The Smithsonian declared Robin “Carrier of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions”
Terry Green’s remodel of a bathroom in a “Green” Certified home showcased “the wondrous aesthetic properties of bamboo.”
Outdoor installations of recycled bamboo were the focus of Myrna Balk’s application. However, her Web site reveals her passionate concern for “international social atrocities.”
Celebrating the personality of bamboo
George SchoolCarter has been a faculty member in the Arts Department at George School in Newtown, PA since 1984. His application included photographs of some of his recent work created this spring while he was on sabbatical. He was awarded a fellowship/visiting artist residency at the Center for furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, ME. He writes of this work, “combining bamboo with solid wood is especially interesting since the contrast of color, texture and shape is subtle yet eye catching. The goal was to make bamboo the decorative element of every piece I built.”
Bamboo as design motif
47 Marin Bay Park Ct.Kathy Pallie cites “nature as my inspiration.” Surrounded by bamboo In her garden, Kathy feels a “sense of strength, gracefulness, and serenity.” She will use her Award money to create a large wall piece dedicated to a grove of bamboo.
Bamboo as design motif
731 Bond AvenueSchurch Woodwork sent images of several pieces of furniture that incorporated bamboo marquetry. His images of bamboo were “inspired by the timelessness of this material and its many uses by countless societies over the ages”. His work has been featured in such magazines as Fine Woodworking, Architectural Digest and Sunset.
New & innovative
973 Metropolitan Avenue, Apt. 2LOrganic Light is Daniel Rossi’s latest collection of bamboo lights. His work “references the natural color, form and texture of the material All sustained by structural design elements that make the lamp functional.” “The concept of eco-friendliness is important as we move into a world that is more conscious of depleting natural resources.”
New & innovative
1624 S. Whitcomb StAnne writes, “Every piece I make will not look like the rest.” She received her MFA in fibers from Colorado State University and fiber is an integral part of her furniture. Her proposal included multiple images of very colorful furniture that she dyes multiple times to achieve saturated color. Anne proposed incorporating bamboo into new work, and the jurors were absolutely sure she would be successful!
Since the early 1990s, Martha Spragg has concentrated on ink bamboo. As She says herself, “When I paint ink bamboo, I follow my brush.” She submitted fifty pen and ink line drawings of P. Nigra (Black Bamboo) which she hopes to publish into a book.