 WHY IS BAMBOO?
The fastest growing woody plant on this planet. It grows one third faster than the fastest growing tree. Some species can grow up to 1 meter per day. One can almost "watch it grow". This growth pattern makes it easily accessible in a minimal amount of time. Size ranges from miniatures to towering culms of 60 meters.
A critical element in the balance of oxygen / carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Bamboo i s the fastest growing canopy for the regreening of degraded areas and generates more oxygen than equivalent stand of trees. It lowers light intensity and protects against ultraviolet rays and is an atmospheric and soil purifier.
A viable replacement for wood. Bamboo is one of the strongest building materials. Bamboo's tensile strength is 28,000 per square inch versus 23,000 for steel. In the tropics is it possible to plant and grow your own bamboo home. In a plot 20m x 20m2, in the course of 5 years, two 8m x 8m homes can be constructed from the harvest. Every year after that the yield is one additional house per plot.
An enduring natural resource. Bamboo can be selectively harvested annually. Bamboo provided the first re-greening in Hiroshima after the atomic blast in 1945. Thomas Edison successfully used a carbonized bamboo filament in his first experiment with the light bulb.
Versatile with a short growth cycle. There are over 1000 species of bamboo on the earth. The diversity makes bamboo adaptable to many environments. It can be harvested in 3-5 years versus 10-20 years for most softwoods. Bamboo tolerates extremes of precipitation, from 30-250 inches of annual rainfall.
The Making of Bamboo Furniture
Making bamboo furniture does require a long process. The most important step in bamboo furniture making is the material selection. Having good quality bamboo determines the end result of the furniture.
Our bamboo-made furniture relies on the quality of material. Only excellent bamboo quality can be produced into furniture. Our bamboo is selected, among others, based on its age, size (length and diameter) and surface when it is still young, which is indicated by the green colour. We obtain the large diameter bamboo from Tabanan, a hub of bamboo in Bali and the smaller diameter ones from Bangli. Remember that we only use excellent quality bamboos.
We also use traditional way to produce our bamboo-made furniture. The bamboos are first washed in the river. After that, bamboo is dried. It is exposed under the sunlight. Therefore, the drying process depends on the weather and sun's intensity. The longest drying process takes one month. The drying aims at killing the fungi that might grow on bamboo. Therefore, it should be totally dry.
The bamboo loops then enter the cutting process. The cutting process is manually performed in order to keep it from breaking. The bamboo is cut to meet the required design. Our experienced, skill craftsmen do the process. |