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Food & crafts => Crafts => Topic started by: chairmanphil on April 16, 2012, 05:58:31 pm

Title: thought this might be of interest
Post by: chairmanphil on April 16, 2012, 05:58:31 pm

http://www.mnn.com/your-home/remodeling-design/photos/7-examples-of-living-furniture/pooktre (http://www.mnn.com/your-home/remodeling-design/photos/7-examples-of-living-furniture/pooktre)

do like the living chairs.  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: thought this might be of interest
Post by: Bionic on April 16, 2012, 06:03:16 pm

I think they are lovely but I wouldn't have the patience to do it myself
Sally

Title: Re: thought this might be of interest
Post by: chairmanphil on April 16, 2012, 06:05:05 pm

Quote from: Bionic on April 16, 2012, 06:03:16 pm

I think they are lovely but I wouldn't have the patience to do it myself
Sally

i am a cabinet maker by trade, i think they are incredible pieces of work!

Title: Re: thought this might be of interest
Post by: FiB on April 16, 2012, 06:20:46 pm

Wow!!  I do living willow sculptures and sometimes make living willow chairs (and they take about a day or 2!!!   8 years?!!!) .....  but these!!  Great share thanks.

Title: Re: thought this might be of interest
Post by: doganjo on April 16, 2012, 06:29:45 pm

Extra large Bonsai ;D ;D

Title: Re: thought this might be of interest
Post by: suziequeue on April 16, 2012, 07:36:07 pm

I love the grass armchair. I could make that. The kits don't seem to be available but I reckon I could make one just based on the photo of the kit on the website.

Great way of using all the cardboard that we get from packaging

Title: Re: thought this might be of interest
Post by: Mel on April 16, 2012, 09:43:05 pm

Coo,they are brilliant,makes you think green ;D

Title: Re: thought this might be of interest
Post by: chairmanphil on April 16, 2012, 09:43:58 pm

got me thinking what you could do with 8-9 young hazels

Title: Re: thought this might be of interest
Post by: deepinthewoods on April 16, 2012, 09:45:14 pm

the mushroom bench is my favourite, might have to make one pf them.

Title: Re: thought this might be of interest
Post by: suziequeue on April 16, 2012, 09:56:33 pm

I am going to buy a pack of cards to make a maquette of the armchair before scaling it up to a full sized template from all the ply we have left over from knocking the old sheep shed down.

Then I can use the template to make the cardboard firms from cardboard packaging as it comes in.

It would be so cool to have these in a circle for communal eating in the summer and dotted around the orchard too.

Title: Re: thought this might be of interest
Post by: Sandy on April 16, 2012, 10:03:27 pm

We had 3 trees cut down and now I wish I had made one into an arm chair, back and seat from the tree, too late now!!!!

Title: Re: thought this might be of interest
Post by: Lesley Silvester on April 18, 2012, 12:07:05 am

Wow!  Love them.   :love: