Sopheap Pitch made his first Rattan, bamboo and wire sculpture in 2004, he was a painter and has, since 2005, never returned to paint as a medium.
"Painting was not enough, I was too concerned with making an image on a limited space. To create a three-dimensional object from the beginning to the end is to take a journey, to discover something new, without erasing the footsteps, the evidence." Sopheap Pitch.
Sopheap started by making human organ forms, then other organic natural forms and then created sculptures about culture. Sopheap Pitch had to flee Cambodia in 1979 and his memories of this turbulent time are very strong lately his works have been expressions of the socio-political conditions in Cambodia. he is a very interesting artist his spacial sculpture are beautiful, thought provoking and I hope inspiring.
This limited edition bamboo chair was designed by Tejo Remy and Rene Veenhuizen, considering the implications of losing contact with our natural environment. Its curving forms are flexible and adjustable and have been developed to try to tempt more people to seek out bamboo furniture for their homes and to entice more designers to work with this renewable material.
Similar to the spanning structures that my students made last week with Tim Johnson, this design in Shenzhen, China is called 'Bug Dome' is inspired by insect cocoons.
This is the tea ceremony Chair currently being presented at Tokyo Design Festival by Hiroki Takada. Based on the tea whisk used to make Japanese tea, this chair is made from bamboo, it is very elegant and the loose bamboo of the back rest is very flexible and comfortable. (Thanks Deb found here.)
