Thursday, January 29, 2009

10 most amazing 'Living' furniture from across the world

Arborsculpture, a branch of arboriculture is specifically involved with the shaping of tree trunks and branches into amazing structures, which have either ornamental or functional utility. Enjoy the tour through the amazing world of some famous ‘living’ furniture and designs collected from across the world.


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Basic techniques involve Pruning, grafting and bending single or multiple trees into shapes are involved in the state-of-the-art technique. The arts created grow thicker and stronger as the tree adds annual rings. The closest related practice is espalier.



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This practice dates back to 1911 when John Krubsack grew a chair in Wisconsin, but has been coined only in the 1990s for unifying the field.

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