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Subject: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: wysiwyg Date: 17 Aug 07 - 10:06 PM When we were dining out tonight (Thai/Chinese), we saw an alternative to Bonsai gardening that looked fascinating; I need help to find what it was and learn more. I haven't been able to Google up an image and there was not enough shared language between table and host to nail it down. Sprouting up out of a low, broad pot was a tight circle of living bamboo, and as the 3/8" or so stalks rose, they had been snipped and tied into a sculpture. As the potful grew-- over time. One example had been trained into almost a pineapple shape, with an inner layer going diagonally one way and an outer layer going the other way. The other piece we saw had actually been woven as it grew. Snipping at certain growth points had apparently caused each shoot to spring off at an angle which created the overall 3-D effect of these living sculptures. Does anybody know what this art form is called, where it originates? It was obviously some form related to basketry, but in living plant material as it grew instead of with dead stuff. Thanks for any help, ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: wysiwyg Date: 17 Aug 07 - 10:10 PM http://www.luckybamboo-moneytree.com/photo-gallery.htm See pix at bottom ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: RangerSteve Date: 18 Aug 07 - 03:34 PM I read an article in my local paper about a year ago concerning "Lucky Bamboo". It really isn't bamboo, but a plant that resembles bamboo. I've seen it for sale in some local supermarkets that are large enough to have a floral section, so I know it can be gotten easily, but I don't know much about the art form you mentioned. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: JohnInKansas Date: 18 Aug 07 - 05:03 PM Isn't "topiary" a term used for somewhat similar creations in "western plantishspeak" by greenish people? My quick look at "topiary" followed by search within results "bamboo" brought up some suggestive links, but mostly disappointments in the details. Not exactly what you described but Curling Lucky Bamboo might be of interest(?). No indication of required training, and nothing to say whether they're all left handed. The quick look finds a couple of places with Money Tree Bamboo, some of which have something of a "twisted/intertwined" appearance, but I don't find an indication that it's trained to shape. That may be it's natural form. Do you know how to say "money" in the language of the people with the plant? John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 18 Aug 07 - 07:21 PM The traditional Japanese art of flower or live plant arranging is called Ikebana. It shares many aesthetic principles with Bonsai. Not all lucky bamboo is grown or arranged according to Ikebana principles, but much is, particularly any that may be sold by Bonsai growers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: katlaughing Date: 18 Aug 07 - 08:46 PM RangerSteve, you're right. What is being marketed as "curly bamboo" is really Dracaena sanderiana and it is trained, from what I know. It is related to the common corn plant...More Here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: wysiwyg Date: 19 Aug 07 - 08:26 AM Thanks, all... I got a reply with some links, from the Lucky Bamboo site that may shed more light-- I'll post about it after I explore it. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: wysiwyg Date: 19 Aug 07 - 11:53 AM Lucky Bamboo dealer David Lu told me it might be that what I saw was a "Lucky Bamboo Arrangement." So I googled that and found pix: CLICK The ones I saw were broader, more complex, but the same general idea. Lovely! I may have to try that myself! ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: wysiwyg Date: 19 Aug 07 - 12:01 PM I think I am beginning to see. From another site: ABOUT LUCKY BAMBOO According to ancient Oriental folklore, Lucky Bamboo plants have been given as gifts to friends and loved ones during times of celebration. A wedding, a birth, a birthday, a house-warming, a new business endeavor or just an expression of wishing someone Good Fortune are all perfect times to give gifts of Lucky Bamboo arrangements. Lucky Bamboo plants have also gained international popularity because they are so easy to care for and have such a powerful significance in the art of Feng Shui. Lucky Bamboo is one of the plants recommended by Feng Shui masters to improve the flow of Ch'i or life's positive energy in a room, house, or building. You can place Lucky Bamboo on the East side of your home, office, or recreation area as you face the door. Soon you will notice a new feeling of balance and positive energy inside the room. It must be that the ones I saw had been given as gifts to celebrate the opening of the new business. I may have to try that myself! ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: Sorcha Date: 19 Aug 07 - 02:45 PM If I tried it no matter how easy they are to care for, they'd die. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: katlaughing Date: 19 Aug 07 - 03:29 PM Their leaves look a lot like a shefflera/chifelra (there's several spellings on google. I wonder if they are related.) If you get a bunch of young plants, I'll bet you could do it easy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: wysiwyg Date: 19 Aug 07 - 03:36 PM I think the secret is to know how, when, and where to clip the shoots. I think maybe they are clipped and shooted singly and then when you're ready to build your arrangement you pluck out the best stalks from your waiting vat of groomed stalks, tie 'em up with the gold twine I saw (like twist-ties but gold colored), stick their bases in a low pot of water, and add pretty stones at their bases to make it look like it all grew out of the pot. Cuz Mr. Lu said they are "arrangements" and that seems, to me, from what I have seen, to indicate building a finished item from individual stems. ??? ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: katlaughing Date: 19 Aug 07 - 07:29 PM I don't think so, Susan. The ones I've seen, some even done with huge, old trees, were intertwined as "babies"...braided even as they were young shoots, limber enough to not break with the handling, then left alone to grow up that way. I am not sure, but that is the impression I had. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: wysiwyg Date: 19 Aug 07 - 07:30 PM Hm........ If I had any sense I'd start simple and learn as I go. But no..... ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help with Bamboo Art Form From: wysiwyg Date: 01 Oct 07 - 09:35 AM Well, I have not gotten started, but a Japanese flower arranger who happens to run our local florist's shop does have Lucky Bamboo. A friend is celebrating something special today, so that's what I sent. I so appreciate the help here! ~Susan |
