Walk of Hope update : in Bamboo Nation 3, Cebu, Philippines
Although I have posted about this event from our @walkofhope account 2 days ago, photos from @flabbergast-art started pouring in last night, who together with #tataydagsa and a friend Jude, who is another Creative from Bayawan. These guys were invited to join delegates from Indonesia and Cebu.org, i think most of them are of Architectural students who are into Bamboo structures at the moment. A lot of bamboo drawings and innovations were also sent to me but not at a liberty to show them here.
To give you a clue:
Indonesia for their part have been building bamboo structures that can be found online. In the Philippines, the most that I have seen the usage of a bamboo are furnitures. The most problem is the structural integrity after a few years. The joints tend to be unsturdy after some time so one solution that Bayawan City has been doing was to treat the bamboo, leave them floating by the sea for a number of days. This is the natural process of treatment.
Indonesia may just have perfected a way in joining bamboo joints in their structures. Or perhaps found a way to do it and was sharing it during the Bamboo Nation 3 in Cebu.
Bamboo Art and Music
For @walkofhope, our guys were invited to share our bamboo crafts and innovations, including the bamboo musical instruments that @flabbergast-art has recently made. And for the first time, played all of them at the venue, using his loop recorder.
For now, the students of San Carlos University might just be inclined to learn some bamboo instruments.
Bamboo jamming at its' best!
During the plastic waste solutions summit, @flabbergast-art sold a couple of bamboo didgeridoos for $50 each. Care to play one of these? A flute perhaps?
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Disclaimer: credit to @flabbergast-art for all the images.
Es increible @immarojas como crean arte musical con Bambú. Gracias a los jovenes de @walkofhope
Yeah i wanna listen to it too😊
Whaaaa i want to play with bamboooo
:-)
I would build a dome
Can you elevate the 2nd one? People can live in that.
Get a bamboo bike..i used a bmx bamboo last time.
Yes Bucky's domes can be made in many sizes and sections of spheres. the least amount of material to create the strongest structure. Bucky's idea to create structures to withstand earthquakes and other forces of nature. getting used to working with triangles is the challenge. After playing with these domes you start to see how simple they really are.
Then it is just a matter of leaving the wonky-box shape behind.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bamboo+dome
Hiker friends bring hammocks to sleep on when they visited in Bayawan. Those bamboo domes can be built as accomodations.
INDEED and they are strong enough to hold the hammocks as well. :-)
building a watertight roof could be a bit of a challenge on that shape, but with a bit of collective brainpower that could actually be a fun project.
If you check the roofs of some English houses,or even in the Philipines we use coconut leaves or hay...making it water-tight can be played on.
@walkofhope planned to build an artists' accomodation cum workshop on the ground floor at the #dagsa here in the Philippines. Loads of bamboo there mate.
sounds good. :-) One big dome with various types of domes an spheres around it.
I honestly dunno what shape..it was mentioned though that bricks roofing from the Northern Philippines will be used to prevent water leaks.
They have been celebrating today so perhaps i will know more in the next couple of days. can't wait.
Building with bamboo looks fun in that setting @immarojas.
@flabbergast-art's didgeridoos are beautiful. I hope he is able to build up a good trade with them.
Hope you and your mum are having a good day. Sending you both lots of love. 💙
There are plans to build a bamboo hub Gillian, just finalising some details.
Those are his bestsellers on trade fair..and a few private buyers too.
My mom is out of Intensive Care..still coughing and needing oxygen but we'll get there. Thanks Gillian! Be well yourself.
A bamboo hub sounds like a great plan @immarojas. 😊
Yes and we are all excited. We have an architect in it too @bifilarcoil
Awesome
Hello friend @immarojas, I marvel at every time I admire the bamboo artwork you show in your posts, it's fantastic to publish the work of the local artists. Congratulations and blessings.
Thanks a lot @marinmex..it's all i could do to help and promote them.
Hope you all had fun this was a very exciting Read
You're welcome.