A Furniture Farm Is Growing Whole Chairs

Subject: A Furniture Farm Is Growing Whole Chairs Mon Sep 26, 2016 7:55 pm

When Gavin Munro was a young boy, he saw an overgrown bonsai tree that resembled a throne. Soon after, he got a spinal graft, requiring him to wear a back brace to heal and align his bones: “There were long periods of staying still, plenty of time to observe everything going on,” he says on his website. Over 25 years later, Munro is creating a farm where planted trees can be grown around braces and harvested as fully formed chairs, sculptures, lamps, and tables.

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“As I studied art and design, we also studied how and where those materials we worked with came from and what would happen to them after they’d finished their useful life,” Munro tells The Creators Project. “This started a lifelong interest in simplicity and efficiency in processes from 'cradle to grave.'” The material of wood, in particular, caught his eye: “It never fails to amaze me that wood is essentially solid air and sunshine.”

While working on a series of tables and chairs made from driftwood, Munro began to wonder about the cycle of waste. What if instead of chopping down a 50+ year old tree into small parts, expending more energy along each step of the way, he could grow the trees directly into their forms? Munro imagined a more efficient process: he'd plant trees, train and graft their shoots around frames, leave pieces to thicken for a few years, and then harvest, plane, and polish.

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/a-furniture-farm-is-growing-chairs-whole?utm_source=tcpfbus

Subject: Re: A Furniture Farm Is Growing Whole Chairs Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:09 pm

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A Furniture Farm Is Growing Whole Chairs

A Furniture Farm Is Growing Whole Chairs

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