अश्मिता गुप्ता
अश्मिता गुप्ता
Ashmita Gupta
अश्मिता गुप्ता
Material, Structure, and Surface
Bamboo
Guided by
Ashok Mondal | Bharat Bhai | Rajeev Wind | Subrata Sarkar | Kamlesh Bhai
"Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is just a piece of "stuff" but a physical embodiment of human energy, testimony to the magical ability of our species to take raw materials and turn them into things of use, value and beauty."
INTRODUCTION
Idea is to integrate as many dimensions as possible for examining bamboo based on their physical features. The analysis of bamboo identity, sorts, techniques, raw presence, and various equipment helped me in my studies to appericiate bamboo tangibility. We started by studying a little about the history of bamboo.
CONTENT
01.
HISTORY
02.
TYPES & USE
03.
MACHINES & TOOLS
04.
SPLITING
05.
JOINERY
06.
BENDING
07.
EXPLORATION
08.
PRODUCTS
09.
LEARNING
HISTORY
01.
Bamboos are a diverse collection of evergreen perennial flowering plants that represent the subfamily of the grass family "Poaceae". Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the term bamboo is unknown, although it is most likely from the Dutch or Portuguese languages, which took it from Malay or Kannada.
It is said that the hectare of bamboo plantation can absorb 12 tonnes carbon dioxide. It produces 35% more oxygen than other trees.
TYPES OF BAMBOO
Bamboo has a number of large varieties even if you give your whole, you cannot justify that how many types are there in bamboo.
Bambusa
Tulda
Sasa
Phyllostachys
Borinda
Chusquea
Indocalamus
Phyllostachys
Bonia
Dendrocalamus
Arundinaria
Axe
Circular Saw Machine
Sanding Machine
Hack Saw
Heat Gun
Hand Saw
Drill Machine
TOOLS & MACHINERIES
02.
Bamboos are a diverse collection of evergreen perennial flowering plants that represent the subfamily of the grass family "Poaceae". Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the term bamboo is unknown, although it is most likely from the Dutch or Portuguese languages, which took it from Malay or Kannada.
It is said that the hectare of bamboo plantation can absorb 12 tonnes carbon dioxide. It produces 35% more oxygen than other trees.
SPLITTING
03.
Bamboo Splitting Process, this process can be done by Axe and Sharp knife.
1. Select your preferred bamboo length
2. Take an axe or knife and place it on the bamboo with the fibers are facing vertically as illustrated
3. Being by striking the knife with a piece of wood or a filled raw bamboo parallelly with fibers
4. Continue untill you reach the bottom section
JOINERY
04.
DOWEL JOINERY
1. Take two pices of bamboo
2. Clean it with knife or sand paper
3. Make a dot with pencil where you want to drill a hole
4. Drill a hole with a drilling machine and use the appropriate drill bit
5. Create a bamboo cylinder and make a dowel out of it
6. The dowel should be 0.2m thicker than the hole
LAB JOINERY
1. Take two pices of bamboo
2. Make a mark of a limited distance in both of them
3. Bamboo half split as indicated
4. Affix with fevikwik
DOWEL JOINERY
LAB JOINERY
BENDING PROCESS
05.
1. Take a split bamboo that you'd want to bend.
2. Thin is as it's difficult to bend for the new beginners
3. Take a bamboo bending machine and plug it in.
4. Take some water and soak a towel before applying it to warmed bamboo.
5. Move your bamboo in front of the heat dyer until it is one inch from where you want to bend it.
6. Then lift it up and continue to bend slowly anywhere you want to bend
7. Then quickly apply water to the area where you heated the bamboo
EXPLORATIONS
06.
07.
PRODUCTS
WALL CLOCK
I took a split bamboo, scrubbed it with sandpaper, and began bending it for a wall clock, then on the upper part bent it for hanging, then created a border for a crochet design. After this, I took assistance from crochet people who came from Goa; they actually did an outstanding job, and I also assisted them in some ways, learned some new techniques, and fitted the machine. Now you can see the time.
IDEATIONS
LAPTOP STAND
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A question arises as to why people would purchase a costly product (a laptop stand) when we have a suitable and cheap material in bamboo, so I took bamboo and split it, bent it in a common ratio, added small joinery for standing purposes, and put some design on the bottom part to enhance the beauty of the product.
CUTLERY STAND
We need to work on kitchen accessories, so I decided to create a cutlery stand out of bamboo. First, I took a filled bamboo and formed a body out of it, then I took a hollow bamboo and built a ring and scrubbed it properly for hanging cutlery, then I cut a cross with a hacksaw for a stand that supports the whole body, and eventually, I constructed a small ring for holding, which I placed on top of the body, and finally put linseed oil for varnishing the product
OTHER EXPLORED PRODUCTS
LEARNINGS
08.
During my bamboo experience at the Ahmedabad campus, I acquired numerous skills such as bamboo splitting, bending, drilling, cleaning, and, most importantly, the strength and weakness of bamboo.
When I first started working on it, I was wounded several times, but this gives me the strength to continue working. Throughout this journey, Rajvee helped us a lot in various ways, such as how to bend, and he continues to help every student to bend, even the drilling portion, which we already did throughout our material journey, so some of this was simple for us because of prior knowledge, or we can say that experience truly matters.
I still had a lot of issues, such as when I was sanding my bamboo. Normally, I sand my skin into it, but during this time, Bharat bhai assisted us greatly in a variety of ways.
Ashok is guiding us side by side, and he even tells us what 's significant or not. Initially, we are supposed to form a group and work on separate accessories, but later on, he advises us to extend our accessories, which is extremely impressive.
We spent so much time in bamboo that I became obsessed with it while working on it. Everyone is working so hard, and this experience has taught me so much about my peers.
I'm looking forward to working with bamboo and am considering making it my graduation project.