“We used a local renewable material, caña (like bamboo).
You could use anything long and bendy – we would like to try it with hazel next time we are further north.
The only items we paid for are the plastic and string (pita string made from fibres of the giant succulent Agave plant).
It took six days with four people working.
It’s a lovely material to work with, flexible, strong and graceful.
The challenge throughout is to balance and work with the natural forces of the material…”