by Sherry Boas | Jan 1, 2012 | bamboo creations, crafts
What can you do with bamboo? How about making teacups? Here’s a photo sent by one of our customer who not only made a set of teacups out of bamboo poles but used a wood burning tool to etch a design into the wood.
by Sherry Boas | Jun 29, 2011 | bamboo questions, creating hedge, hedge
Gerry, a customer from Islamorada, FL wrote to say:The hedge bamboo we bought from you is doing great. There are lots of new shoots coming out of the ground and it’s getting tall with a lot of full growth on the upper third of the stem. Is it OK to...
by Sherry Boas | Jun 24, 2011 | bamboo creations, chuppah, wedding arbor
Customers who purchased our Designer Quality Bamboo Poles in 2010 to make a wedding arch for their daughter recently wrote to update us on the status of their hand-built chuppah.Janet writes: Here is the chuppah that my husband, Peter McDonald, made for our...
by Sherry Boas | Jun 24, 2011 | before and after, seabreeze
Hi Jennifer – 15 short months ago we had the pleasure of visiting Beautiful Bamboo. We were challenged with how we could hide a neighbor’s recent addition of a 40 foot motor coach and shed. After a lot of research, we decided to go ahead...
by Sherry Boas | Apr 29, 2011 | bamboo creations, homegrown bamboo poles, running bamboo
An artist at the University of Wisconsin needed some small diameter bamboo to use for calligraphy brushes. She wrote to say: I teach art classes at UWLa Crosse in Wisconsin. Next semester I would like to demonstrate the use of handmade brushes and...
