Saturday 19 December 2015

Grow your own chair

A friend sent us this link to some amazing furniture grown from live willow by furniture designer Gavin Munro in England. Using this technique it can take anywhere between 4 to 8 years to grow a tree into a chair.

Some photos of the process are shown below:

The chairs growing in the field:

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A close up of the growing chairs:

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And here is the finished product:

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Amazing huh?  Eco-friendly and no assembly required.  Check out the full story and all the images here




1 comment:

  1. Perhaps the other half could try this out with some of his trees. I'll be in line for the first one.
    claire

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