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Bamboo has a very beautiful texture when it is cut, like the grain of some hardwoods. The straight lines of bamboo provide elegance to products made with this age-old material.
The advantage of using bamboo is not only the beauty of the texture, but also the eco-friendly nature of this material. It takes about fifty years for a tree to grow to maturity, whereas bamboo grows 10 meters in only three months and is fully grown in a mere 3 years.
Japan, along with other Asian countries, has always depended on bamboo as the raw material for a huge range of items, many in daily use. This connection to bamboo, also a motif in much traditional Japanese art, has gradually been forgotten, however, as the appeal of Western-style items has grown.
The beauty and eco-friendly aspects of bamboo make it worth bringing back into our lives.
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竹は切った面が、木目と同様とても美しい。
まっすぐに通る筋が製品に気品を与える。
美的に大変美しい竹は、近年では環境の面からも注目を浴びている。
木は木材として使用できるまで50年という歳月が必要だが、竹は3ヶ月で10メートル以上に成長し、たったの3年で立派な成竹となる。
日本も含め、アジアでは竹を様々な物に利用し、慣れ親しんできた。しかし欧米の文化が根付くとともに、竹を愛する心が薄れてきているような気がする。
もっとモダンな形で、美しい竹を再認識していただければと思う。
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