Arborsculpture, because bansai is so last week… Been looking for the illest trees?
This dude got the illest trees!
Arborsculpture is the art of shaping tree trunks and branches into structures, either with ornamental or functional utility. The table and chair set above are too dope.
Cabinet has an interview with Abrorsculptor Richard Reams, who shapes trees into furniture in sculpture in his home of Oregon and around the world. The interview is great and the pictures are unbelievable.
via metafilter
Posted: July 29th, 2006
at 10:03pm by Black Ock
Categories: myninjaplease,life,art,green
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[…] MIT is up to trouble again. People build furniture and other art out of live trees, so why not build some houses? “The concept of a living house is really incredibly exciting when you think that people in tropical and semitropical locations have fast-growing trees available,” said Richard Reames, an Oregon-based “arborsculptor” who uses grafting techniques to grow living furniture. […]
myninjaplease » Blog Archive » Build? Grow Your House!!!
2 Aug 06 at 3:42 pm
[…] To follow up on our growable posts, we’ve got a growable table to join your other arborsculpture creations. […]
myninjaplease » Blog Archive » A Perfect Complement to the Chair You Grew
8 Aug 06 at 1:25 pm
We grow some of the most devise range of shaped tree to date.
[IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/blackash/chair.jpg[/IMG]
Becky
11 Oct 06 at 8:54 pm