Bamboo Artists- Material

Bamboo Artists- Technique

Bamboo Artists- Signatures

Bamboo masters often say it takes at least ten years to master the basic skills necessary to make a basket. Young students go through many stages of difficult training to become bamboo masters. They often spend the first few years watching their master at work while they clean, scrape and split the bamboo. Through this humble experience and basic training, students start acquiring respect for bamboo art and start understanding bamboo as a material. After acquiring basic material understanding, students then start copying Karamono baskets (old Chinese baskets) to acquire various techniques and to gain aesthetic sensibilities. Then they become independent and make many simple flower baskets for years to gain confidence in their skill level and artistic ability, finally developing their personal style.