Pull up a tree and sit down!

[Woodwould]

CLICK!

[ravna]

One very clever and imaginative dude.

[Bushmiller]

Phew!

Regards
Paul

[Ozkaban]

One very clever and imaginative dude.

... and patient!

Looks pretty neat though. Would need a set of them in a circile with a 'table' in the middle

[tea lady]

He didn't research very hard to see if living structures had been done before.

http://subliminalfrequencies.com/?p=382

And I'm sure I've seen benches in Medieval gardens that are woven out of living branches of bushes!

Although his chairs are quite fun!

[Waldo]

Saw that bloke on Aunty ages ago somewhere, it was on Gardening Australia.

[Woodwould]

[...] I'm sure I've seen benches in Medieval gardens that are woven out of living branches of bushes!

You're quite correct. Training trees to produce more accessible fruit or garden ornaments is an ancient practice. As is training stems of Blackthorn to produce specific shapes for walking sticks.

[underfoot]

He didn't research very hard to see if living structures had been done before.

Yep..I'm madly googling for a (circa 1800's) tree chair I have in one of my books....
You'd love it Ww ..(being ye olde n' all) but it's in a book.....and this is the interweb..
...and there's no booky-computer interface thing here....and no kids around....

.......I'll just hold it up to the screen.......

......cool huh..

[RETIRED]

Very good Undy but you shouldn't dog ear the pages like that.

[Woodwould]

Yep..I'm madly googling for a (circa 1800's) tree chair I have in one of my books....
You'd love it Ww ..(being ye olde n' all) but it's in a book.....and this is the interweb..
...and there's no booky-computer interface thing here....and no kids around....

.......I'll just hold it up to the screen.......

......cool huh..

Wonderful! ...ye olde n' all... hmmph!

[AlexS]

I think Becky from that site used to post on these forums. Very impressed!

[blackash]

He didn't research very hard to see if living structures had been done before.

Living Bridges | Subliminal Frequencies

And I'm sure I've seen benches in Medieval gardens that are woven out of living branches of bushes!

Although his chairs are quite fun!

Hi this is Becky from pooktre.
Umm you do remember what the internet was like 13 years ago don't you? We didn't even own a computer. Our library didn't have anything like what we do. But as my life partner Pete says if we had the idea logically others would have.

The image of the living bridge only turned up online about 2 and half years ago. See how easy it is to forget that most of the content online is new and updating?

Yes there is lots of talk about seeing images 'somewhere' of living benches, yet when I've asked for scans or a link guess what over 40 people have been unable to show anything. I would love to see something like this.

[blackash]

Yep..I'm madly googling for a (circa 1800's) tree chair I have in one of my books....
You'd love it Ww ..(being ye olde n' all) but it's in a book.....and this is the interweb..
...and there's no booky-computer interface thing here....and no kids around....

.......I'll just hold it up to the screen.......

......cool huh..

Please, please pleaseeeeeeeee scan it in I would love to see this. Or could you give me the book title, author and year published and I try to get it myself.

[blackash]

I think Becky from that site used to post on these forums. Very impressed!

Hi yes, I did and I kepted meaning to come and post some more but our trees are soooooooo needyyyyyyyy No really, just got distracted by in real life.
I just checked when I lasted visited this site and it close to 3 years ago, Wow and you remembered that I used to post. That just made my day.

[tea lady]

Hi this is Becky from pooktre.
Umm you do remember what the internet was like 13 years ago don't you? We didn't even own a computer. Our library didn't have anything like what we do. But as my life partner Pete says if we had the idea logically others would have.

The image of the living bridge only turned up online about 2 and half years ago. See how easy it is to forget that most of the content online is new and updating?

Yes there is lots of talk about seeing images 'somewhere' of living benches, yet when I've asked for scans or a link guess what over 40 people have been unable to show anything. I would love to see something like this.

Oh hi! Actually i don't remember what the internet was like then cos I've only been on line probably for 4 years or so.

I do love what you guys are doing with living wood. I guess my comment was a bit flippant, but only referring to the statement that "nothing like this had been done before". Always a risky thing to say! But I do remember seeing living branches being woven into benches and arbors with chairs under them. Now I'll have to look through every magazine I own and find it!