West Midlands University Bamboo Commission by Katie Holtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia As part of Imagineer Production's 'Imagine Bamboo Summit' en-us 2022-05-13 14:08:08 UTC 2023-01-06 19:35:29 UTC hello@padlet.com Imagineer invites students across art, design, architecture, engineering and sustainability faculties from West Midlands Combined Universities to form an interdisciplinary team and take part in a unique creative commission for The Imagine Bamboo Summit, Birmingham Festival 2022 (July 1-4th 2022). katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182944789 “Bamboo is widely held to be one of the most sustainable materials on the planet. Join us in an epic international adventure bringing together artists, growers and communities with bamboo designers and entrepreneurs from India, Ghana and Bali, to explore what innovative structures and products we can create with this extraordinary material.”]]> 2022-05-13 14:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182944789 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182946133 2022-05-13 14:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182946133 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182948421 2022-05-13 14:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182948421 Rhizome design (India) katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182955168 2022-05-13 14:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182955168 BambooU (Bali) katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182955859 2022-05-13 14:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182955859 Ghana Bamboo Bikes katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182956608 2022-05-13 14:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182956608 Atelier One (UK) katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182957586 2022-05-13 14:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182957586 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182961995 Inspired by your research into these exceptional bamboo specialists and any other bamboo Crafts, Fashion, Makers, Architects and Growers across the world, create a design and model for an installation, product or way of living made from bamboo that either does, or could, grow in the UK. ]]> 2022-05-13 14:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182961995 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182963446 You will have the opportunity to explore your ideas in a masterclass with Rebecca Reubens, founder of Rhizome, and attend an in-person workshop with Master Bamboo Carpenter on (date tbc 29/30 June) alongside the student design teams from the other West Midlands Combined Universities.]]> 2022-05-13 14:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182963446 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182965543 Your designs, ideas, products will be showcased during the Imagine Bamboo Summit, 1st – 4th July, at Sunset Park, Birmingham, as part of Birmingham 2022 Festival, alongside an extraordinary large scale bamboo installation designed by BambooU and Atelier One and created onsite with our international partners and local build participants - you can get hands on experience and join any one of those building days.  Sunset Park will also house interactive and intergenerational community model making activities - you can support the community activities alongside UK Artists & designers  including ARUP]]> 2022-05-13 14:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182965543 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182966868 There will be an opportunity to share your ideas in conversation with our national and international partners and receive feedback from some of the most experienced bamboo crafts designers, makers in the world.  Models, ideas and products will need to be completed by Friday 24th June.]]> 2022-05-13 14:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182966868 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182970520 “You need to understand what the bamboo wants to be… and build that” Elora Hardy, bamboo architect, IBUKU]]> 2022-05-13 14:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182970520 Quality katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182974050 Produce your concepts and ideas to a finished standard and include designs/images of your process and photoshop images for placed based installation ideas.

Please share & upload design ideas - including processes - and models to your university section of this padlet.

Share your work on line, please tag us @imagineeruk
#ImagineBamboo ]]> 2022-05-13 14:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182974050 Size katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182974341 Models/products need to be easily transportable by public transport, bike, car. You can bring these to the creative masterclass with Rebecca Reubens to be held on 29/30 June tba in Birmingham]]> 2022-05-13 14:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182974341 Materials for models katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182974852 UK grown garden bamboo  
Bamboo skewers
]]> 2022-05-13 14:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182974852 Fixings katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182975381 Use natural and recycled materials e.g. natural string/rope; bicycle inner tube rubber cut into strips; elastic bands; other natural solutions.]]> 2022-05-13 14:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182975381 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182978509 We have put together some additional resources to guide you which are available to support your commission which includes:  methods of fixing, shredding bamboo, and tools and processes that will be useful]]> 2022-05-13 14:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182978509 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182981143 2022-05-13 14:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182981143 What is it? katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182981693 A Tensegrity sphere refers to a stable bar structure in which the bars do not touch each other and are connected only by tension elements.]]> 2022-05-13 14:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182981693 You will need katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182982840 Bamboo sticks
Elastic bands
Bamboo paper straws (if you want to practice)
Bamboo lollipop sticks (as an alternative option)
]]> 2022-05-13 14:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182982840 How to build a Tensegrity Sculpture katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182983996 2022-05-13 14:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182983996 Useful tips katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182985421 You could practice using paper straws by cutting a 1.5cm slit at the top and bottom of each straw to thread your elastic bands around]]> 2022-05-13 14:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182985421 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182986215 You could also use 2 bamboo lollipop sticks taped together at each end, with a little gap to allow for the elastic band to be slipped on (like they do here):

]]> 2022-05-13 14:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182986215 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182987242 See how many bamboo sticks you can make your structure from. Start with 3 and then 6, as the video suggests, and then do some research or trial and error to see how many more you can build with.
Or see what other Tensegrity shapes can be made

Here are some more useful tutorials to try:
30 strut Tensegrity
Anti gravity table
Tensegrity tower

]]> 2022-05-13 14:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182987242 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182988957 2022-05-13 14:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182988957 Use the template provided in the blog post below to try and recreate the freestanding curved structure katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182991421 (Note- open in Google Chrome to translate the website directly to English)

]]> 2022-05-13 14:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182991421 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182992797 The scale of the structure will be 5.7cmx 12cm and 3.6cm high
There is a distance of 1.75cm between each frame
]]> 2022-05-13 14:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182992797 You will need katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182993847 Bamboo sticks
Office pins
Strong glue
]]> 2022-05-13 14:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182993847 katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182995792 2022-05-13 14:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182995792 The following challenges are things you may use to get your creative, design and engineering juices flowing katieholtom https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182998126 2022-05-13 14:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2182998126 Further Information: Get In Touch amandatr7 https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2191136572 This commission brief is designed by Orit Azaz (Creative Director, Imagine Bamboo) in consultation with our international design partners and the West Midlands Combined Universities.

If you need any further info, want to share ideas or sign up for the Summit opportunities then get in touch:
Amanda Roberts (Associate Producer, Imagine Bamboo) on 07886 599 602 or 
email: amanda@imagineerproductions.co.uk ]]> 2022-05-19 10:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2191136572 Hans Friederich (Malta) amandatr7 https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2191149484 International Bamboo Consultant, Hans is the former Director General of  the International Network Bamboo & Rattan (INBAR), now based in Gozo, Malta and is committed to furthering the growth of Bamboo as a crop in Europe.
Dr Friederich served from 20009-2013 as the Pan European Regional Director of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN), a global environmental network organisation based in Switzerland with over 1200 members. Hans is a World Bamboo Ambassador. ]]> 2022-05-19 10:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2191149484 Wolverhampton University amandatr7 https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2191205201 2022-05-19 11:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2191205201 Birmingham City University amandatr7 https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2191205559 2022-05-19 11:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2191205559 Coventry University amandatr7 https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2191206056 2022-05-19 11:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2191206056 Birmingham University amandatr7 https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2191277120 2022-05-19 12:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/katieholtom/phkyp3jxgzn9hvia/wish/2191277120