Work · 04

Bamboo
Window

Bamboo thinned almost to a shadow, hanging into a painted circle on a bedroom wall.

The ink is heavily diluted so each leaf reads as a wash rather than a line. Against a warm pink wall anything darker would have felt heavy, and the point was for the branches to look like they are seen through something rather than drawn on top.

The circle is painted, not applied — a single arc struck on the wall and then worked over until its edge is clean.

Medium: Ink wash
Surface: Plaster, painted
Scope: Bedroom wall and arch
Finish: Matt

The finished wall

The finished bamboo ink wash hanging into a painted circle on a pink wall — The branches hang into the circle and stop.

The bamboo seen from the side of the bedroom — From the side of the room.

The painted arc completed around the bamboo — The arc, painted by hand.

Close view of bamboo leaves in diluted ink — Each leaf is one loaded stroke.

Close view of the thinnest bamboo stems — The thinnest stems are almost dry brush.

How it was made

Concept visualisation of the bedroom with bamboo and the circle — ConceptConcept visualisation of the room.

Wider concept view of the bedroom — ConceptA wider view of the same proposal.

Concept visualisation showing the shelving and the wall together — ConceptHow the wall was planned against the joinery.

Scaffolding set up in the room before painting — Scaffold up, wall prepared.

Painter working the bamboo branches onto the wall — Branches worked in from the top.

The bamboo part painted against the arc — Part way, with the arc already struck.

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BambooWindow

The finished wall

How it was made

Bamboo
Window