I am certainly no expert, but clearly I know a lot more about bamboo, and its products than I did some months ago, and I enjoy talking about it. I have found quite a few people who are very enthusiastic bamboo growers and users - and by growers, I mean, home growers.
I met a lady yesterday at an International Women's Day function, who has an ordinary suburban block and loves her bamboo. I am going to see it soon I hope.
I have had business cards made - which at the moment simply give my name and contact details, as I am waiting to see if I have managed to survive/pass my Master of Arts, and then I will add my qualifications, and details of my blogs on the new cards, and yes, with the bamboo motif that I now have.
The lovely bamboo on it certainly raises interest - it is a great discussion point. Much better than having my photo on it.
When I was doing some writing about bamboo recently I went back over my blog Adventures of an Australian English teacher, where I reported on many of my adventures in China and South Korea as an "English Teacher" and am surprised by the reports on bamboo.
The other day I found photos of a visit to Longmen and Fuyang in Zhejiang Province, not far from Shaoxing where I was based. Longmen is an amazing historic town. It was ancient and in some parts crumbling, but so fascinating.
At Fuyang we visited a bamboo paper making factory - and somewhere in my 'archives' I have the bamboo paper that I collected there, with a bird print on it, that I did in the room as we passed through the museum.
I wonder sometimes if I was destined to be involved with bamboo!
I met a lady yesterday at an International Women's Day function, who has an ordinary suburban block and loves her bamboo. I am going to see it soon I hope.
I have had business cards made - which at the moment simply give my name and contact details, as I am waiting to see if I have managed to survive/pass my Master of Arts, and then I will add my qualifications, and details of my blogs on the new cards, and yes, with the bamboo motif that I now have.
The lovely bamboo on it certainly raises interest - it is a great discussion point. Much better than having my photo on it.
When I was doing some writing about bamboo recently I went back over my blog Adventures of an Australian English teacher, where I reported on many of my adventures in China and South Korea as an "English Teacher" and am surprised by the reports on bamboo.
The other day I found photos of a visit to Longmen and Fuyang in Zhejiang Province, not far from Shaoxing where I was based. Longmen is an amazing historic town. It was ancient and in some parts crumbling, but so fascinating.
At Fuyang we visited a bamboo paper making factory - and somewhere in my 'archives' I have the bamboo paper that I collected there, with a bird print on it, that I did in the room as we passed through the museum.
I wonder sometimes if I was destined to be involved with bamboo!
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| Using a wooden frame the bamboo pulp is collected and lifted from the vat. |
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| The large sheets of bamboo paper are carefully placed on a stainless steel heated wall, to dry out the paper. |
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