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David Harcourt
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Posted: 21 Mar 2007 10:44 pm |
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I met a lady yesterday who said that there is a New Zealand Bamboo Society, whose members think about nothing else but bamboo.
"Some of them," she added, rather unnecessarily, I thought, "are a little crazy." !
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David Harcourt
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Posted: 21 Mar 2007 10:50 pm |
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So I have searched for and duly found the Society's website, which you can find yourselves via The Unscrambled Web, if you wish.
There's not much in the site, but the Society is very young, being only 18 years old, so presumably there will be more in time.
I was intrigued by the Society's "Craftworks" page, which featured a "necklace made from sections of bamboo". The creator had provided this pithy comment:
This necklace was made using Arundinaria simonii. I did not have a source in NZ so used canes imported for garden stakes. I wrapped masking tape all the way round the cane (the tape reduces splintering), then cut it on an angle, using a circular saw. If you use a small toothed sharp blade, you can get very clean cuts. I made many slices, and as I neared the tip of the culm, the diameter grew smaller, giving me smaller slices. These were the ones I used on the edges of the necklace. After cutting the slices I had to sand them all to the same thickness on a belt sander..... sanding a portion of my fingers along the way. Then a quick final sand on a gizmo I made for my bench grinder to round off the edges. The trickiest bit was drilling the holes with a 1mm diameter drill bit and small drill press. I wasted many slices trying to get that right. Then put a bit of Tung oil on to give a bit it of shine. Finally I threaded them onto the wire. Gold wire I might add, as my wife's neck seems to react to any metal less noble! That wasn't a cheap bit of wire, I can tell you. It's a great effect, and an unusual use of bamboo. You never normally see slivers cut at an angle like that. Oh, one more thing, I had to make the holes for the wire further toward the tips of the slices. On my first attempt I made them closer to the centre which had the effect of tilting the sections so they impaled the user's neck! Not very comfortable.
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jaybee2003
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Posted: 22 Mar 2007 10:39 am |
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On craziness...two moments from my day today.
1) Tonight I noticed the words "Fully Washable" on the tag of a facecloth as I tossed washing in the machine.
2) Buying bulk packaged sweets from Moore Wilsons, I learned it is store policy to ask if they are for a lolly scramble, and to warn of ACC's danger policy and advice against Lolly Scrambles. Children may be hurt by flying candy, or hurt themselves by accidentally banging heads together. The irony though, (and without being too specific), is that the organiser who will be taking charge of these lollies for the event for which they were purchased, is the husband of one of the Heads within ACC.
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Posted: 13 Jun 2011 04:57 am |
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I was intrigued by the Society's "Craftworks" page, which featured a "necklace made from sections of bamboo". The creator had provided this pithy comment:
"Coach outlet in the summer of 2011 will show a surprised fashion fragrance. Whether it is in spring day or brilliant warm air in one easy stroll with the girlfriends who traveled with a companion, full of lively color coach accessories, all at the same time promote the positive attitude to life."
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