tle bamboo crafts

• Bamboo


  A diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plant in the subfamily of BAMBUSOIDEAE of the grass family POACEAE
• Origin of the word bamboo

  Uncertain, but probably comes from the dutch or Portuguese language which originally borrowed it from Malay or Kannada
• Origin of bamboo is uncertain
• Bamboo


  • A sustainable wood and renewable resource
  • Being used more and more in furniture as a replacement for cedar, mahogany, and other popular hardwood lumbers
• Uses of bamboo


  • Furniture
  • Buildings
  • Textile
  • Food source
• Bamboo has been used as construction material for a long time in the east
• Bamboo


  • Its strength and durability due to good use in earliest suspension bridges and various architectures in China
  • Strong and aesthetically pleasing
  • Different parts of the Globe are catching on to bamboo as a sustainable resource
• Kannada - dravidian language
• Tools and materials used in making pen holder

  • Bamboo
  • Crosscut saw
  • Sandpaper
  • Wire-Point Machine
  • Plywood Plyboard
  • Popsicle Sticks
  • Varnish
  • Paint
• Other materials used in making pen holder

  • Cardboard
  • Wire/Nail
  • Paint Brush
• Bamboo


  A woody plant with a hollow stem from the grass family
• Crosscut saw


  Used to make straight cuts across the grain of wood
• Sandpaper


  Also known as glass paper, a special thick paper with a rough, abrasive surface
• Wire-Point Machine


  Can produce highly detailed images, used for stamping image design
• Plywood Plyboard


  A thin sheet of material manufactured from thin layers of wood
• Popsicle Sticks


  Wooden rounded long top sticks great for making crafts both easy and complex
• Varnish


  A clear or semi-transparent finish or liquid that is applied on wood
• Paint


  A liquid, colored substance to decorate or protect a surface
• Cardboard


  A generic term for paper based products
• Wire/Nail


  Made of metal, can be used for making design on bamboo
• Paint Brush


  A material used for applying paint on the surface of an object
• Malay - Austronesian Language