collecting bamboo

•Eduardo is a solo artisan living in a subtropical area of the North East of Argentina on the border with Paraguay called Misiones.

 

•The material used includes bamboo and tacuara cane combined with beautiful seeds from subtropical plants. Eduardo makes baskets and lamps with a climber-plant called ysipo and uses lianas in his cane lamps.

old ysipo and lianas

Some small pieces of wood are also used for chimes, these are from mango tree branches that have fallen and dried spontaneously, no trees are cut for this purpose.

 

 

bamboo and tacuara woods

 

•Eduardo travels by bike and bus to try to sell his art in different parts of Argentina, This may prove difficult at times due to the weather which is not as benign as in Misiones, also because he does not have his own transport.

 

•His crafts however, are carefully made and the process sometimes take weeks so the material is in good condition to last forever.

 

More than just crafts some of his products are pieces of art.