This document provides information about bamboo, its uses, and crafting techniques. It discusses that bamboo grows widely in the Philippines and lists several common types. Bamboo is used for constructing houses, making furniture, crafts, and baskets. The document outlines characteristics of bamboo and techniques for cutting, splitting, scraping, transferring designs, carving, pyrography, nailing, sanding, painting, polishing, and finishing bamboo crafts. It includes examples of instructional videos about cutting bamboo and splitting bamboo. The overall document shares knowledge on working with bamboo for crafting purposes.

1. WORD ESCAPES

2. Bambo
o
Craft

3. Where bamboos grow?
• Bamboos are the most
common industrial materials in
the Philippines.
• They grow in almost all places
of the country – along the
shores, river banks, on
hillsides, mountain tops, plains
and in forests.

4. Kinds of Bamboo
• Spiny bamboo

5. Kinds of Bamboo
• Bayug bamboo

6. Kinds of Bamboo
• Kiling bamboo

7. Kinds of Bamboo
• Bikal bamboo

8. Kinds of Bamboo
• Bolo/boho bamboo

9. Kinds of Bamboo
• Chinese bamboo

10. Kinds of Bamboo
• Japanese bamboo

11. Uses of Bamboo
• Constructing of houses
• Making furniture
• Making craft articles
• Basketry

12. Some Characteristics of Bamboo
• Bamboo stems are composed of pliant and
flexible bundle of fibers.
• They can be split into tiny pieces and still
can be bent without breaking.
• Bamboo does not shrink after it has been
dried.
• It retains its strength, color, flexibility and
other qualities.

13. Cutting Bamboos
• In cutting with a sharp bolo, several slanting
cuts should be made around the bamboo
until the piece is cut.
• In cutting with a saw, a kerf about 1/8 inch
deep should be cut around the surface of the
bamboo.

14. Cutting Bamboos
• A knife is used for cutting only
small pieces of bamboo.

15. Splitting Bamboos
• The bolo should be held firmly against
the end of the bamboo with the cutting
edge perpendicular to the end.
• A mallet should be used to tap the false
edge of the bolo until the bamboo is cut
in two parts.

16. Scraping Bamboos
• Bamboo may be scraped with a pocket
knife, a bolo, a spoke shave, or a piece
of broken glass.
• It is necessary to remove the outer skin
of the bamboo in order to expose the
skin proper.

17. Transferring Bamboos
• When transferring a design, use a
piece of carbon paper in tracing the
design.
• A slight movement or shifting of your
sketch will destroy the outline of the
figure being transferred by the carbon
paper.

18. In using the knife, remember the
following:
• Always have the knife sharp;
• Hold it firmly and never drop it on the
floor;
• Never play with it; and
• When not in uses, always keep it
closed.

19. Carving out Designs
• When carving, do this slow at first.
• You will gain speed as you keep
on practicing how to cut out
designs.

20. Pyrography
• The process of burning the skin
of the bamboo using hot wire.

21. Pyrography
Steps:
1. Make a loop at the end of a piece of wire
(round, square, heart-shaped, plain)
2. Heat the loop until it is red hot.
3. Hold the bamboo firmly in a vise.
4. Burn the designs carefully on the bamboo.
5. Repeat the process until you have finished.

22. Nailing Bamboos
• Before nailing a piece of bamboo to a
wooden base or attachment, you must bore
a little hole with a brad awl or a hand drill.
• Never nail a piece of bamboo without having
first bored a hole in it.

23. Sanding your Bamboos
• After you have outlined on your
project all the designs which you
like to appear, sand rough edges
and surfaces of your project.

24. Painting Projects
• Bamboo articles lose their beauty
when painted. However, there are
some types of projects which need
painting instead of finishing with
shellac or varnish.

25. Polishing surfaces of Bamboos
• Polishing and varnishing bamboos
require plenty of care because the
finish will determine the quality of the
project.
• Shellac and varnish evaporate quickly,
so you should apply them fast.

26. Polishing surfaces of Bamboos
Remember:
- Do not apply too much.
- Before applying the second coating, be
sure that the first coating has dried
completely.

27. Polishing surfaces of Bamboos
• Varnish is applied with brush. Unlike
painting, the brush should be applied
briskly.
• Varnish dries fast.
• Always apply varnish in a place where
there is no dust.

28. Polishing surfaces of Bamboos
• Shellac is applied with a soft ball
cloth.
• Do not apply a thick coating, as
this will make the surface look dull
and ugly.

29. Sample Videos
• How and When To Cut Bamboos
• How To Split Bamboo
• How to Split Bamboo (Innovative
Way)
• Pyrography
• Bamboo Carving

30. Bamboo
Craft
- Group 1 -
Mark Joseph M. Villalobos
John Carlo Corales
Louise Nicole De Villa
Rochelle Mae Ilano
Cathy Magnaye
Michaela Tolentino