Gambang kayu is a xylophone used in gamelan orchestras. This thing isn’t really that much like a gambang. It’s made from rotten sticks (my favorite ingredient!), string, and a bamboo windchime that was on sale at Rite-Aid for $3.49. It sounds like this.
Day 11
I made this bamboo box for my wife. Twenty five years ago I made one that was about 5 inches long and this one is 14 inches.
i’m still sick today and wasn’t feeling so inspired. i used to enjoy folding origami, so in keeping with the ‘paper’ theme, i thought i’d try it again… after 3 failed attempts to make an armadillo by joseph wu, a stag from a dollar bill by fred rohm, and a rose by bloom4ever, i gave up. next, i knit yet another olive—now i have 5, but i figure people are probably tired of seeing photos of single olives, so i’ll wait until i have my jarful to post the result. then i decided to make another mii—this week’s nintendo’s check mii out contest is themed ‘abraham lincoln’ in honor of his birthday. here was my attempt:
i was trying to capture his strong eyes, high forehead, stern expression, and narrow, long, and chiseled face.
finally, i took a picture of some bamboo outside my window:
I am not sure why my photo is not posting, but I will try again:)