2/14/2005: Grown chairs

Undertoad · 02-14-2005, 07:42 AM

Maybe you're broke and can't afford even Ikea furniture. Maybe you just like a natural look and feel.

Then you should take your cue from this gent, a Mr Wu, from Shenyang City in China. He figured out that if you bend an elm tree while it's growing it will fix in that direction and continue to grow. So he kept bending until he had an entire chair.

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wolf · 02-14-2005, 10:14 AM

That's patience.

Of course, these are folks that tend bonsai for 100 years and don't consider them done.

(Yes, I know the Japanese are better known for that, but the Chinese do it too, and their style is different ... little less formalized than Japanese)

warch · 02-14-2005, 10:32 AM

So very cool. I dream of doing this. But I dream a lot of garden things. I saw a plan for a house stucture made of woven trees..."Pleaching" its called...
http://www/archinode.com/Arch9fab.html

capnhowdy · 02-14-2005, 09:38 PM

Way cool.....
It would be nice to just let them grow. Be outside chairs. Imagine what they'd be like in a few generations. Shame he cut it down.
It really is kinda like a super scale bonsai.
And yes this is the epitomy of patience....."Father teach".............

xoxoxoBruce · 02-14-2005, 10:20 PM

A procrastinators dream.

Pleaching is risky. Even a traditional tree house is at risk of catastrophic failure. Plus if you look at any tree, even dead ones, you'll see lots of living things......creepy crawly things.

ukamikanasi · 02-14-2005, 11:08 PM

Circus trees!

http://www.bonfantegardens.com/trees/trees.html

blase · 02-15-2005, 08:35 PM

After that long I think I'd want to sit down too.

Eric · 02-15-2005, 09:39 PM

did he cut them down if these trees be formatted?

02-14-2005, 07:42 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/14/2005: Grown chairs Maybe you're broke and can't afford even Ikea furniture. Maybe you just like a natural look and feel. Then you should take your cue from this gent, a Mr Wu, from Shenyang City in China. He figured out that if you bend an elm tree while it's growing it will fix in that direction and continue to grow. So he kept bending until he had an entire chair. full story

02-14-2005, 10:14 AM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That's patience. Of course, these are folks that tend bonsai for 100 years and don't consider them done. (Yes, I know the Japanese are better known for that, but the Chinese do it too, and their style is different ... little less formalized than Japanese) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-14-2005, 09:38 PM	#4
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Way cool..... It would be nice to just let them grow. Be outside chairs. Imagine what they'd be like in a few generations. Shame he cut it down. It really is kinda like a super scale bonsai. And yes this is the epitomy of patience....."Father teach"............. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-14-2005, 10:20 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A procrastinators dream. Pleaching is risky. Even a traditional tree house is at risk of catastrophic failure. Plus if you look at any tree, even dead ones, you'll see lots of living things......creepy crawly things. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-14-2005, 10:32 AM	#3
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	So very cool. I dream of doing this. But I dream a lot of garden things. I saw a plan for a house stucture made of woven trees..."Pleaching" its called... http://www/archinode.com/Arch9fab.html

02-14-2005, 11:08 PM	#6
ukamikanasi Complex Simpleton Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 18	Circus trees! http://www.bonfantegardens.com/trees/trees.html

02-15-2005, 08:35 PM	#7
blase Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 91	After that long I think I'd want to sit down too.

02-15-2005, 09:39 PM	#8
Eric know yourself Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: GD province China Posts: 86	did he cut them down if these trees be formatted?

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