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'''Arborsculpture''' - Solutions for a Small Planet, is a book by Richard Reames who believes that trees hold the key to stabilizing the climate and, as he shows, this vital element of the environment can also be sculpted into a work of art. |
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[[Image:Becky's Mirror.jpg|thumb|The first example of a grown mirror with shaped roots was displayed by Pooktre at the World Expo 2005 in [[Aichi]], Japan.]] |
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Numerous photographs, submitted by many different photographers, illustrate the many creative ideas. Trees have been formed into outdoor furniture that is functional , such as gazebos, fences, and trellises, or odd constructs, such as trees growing with what look like antique bicycles or guns through their trunks. |
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'''Arborsculpture''' is a branch of [[arboriculture]] specifically involved with the shaping of tree trunks, branches and roots into structures with ornamental or functional utility. Basic techniques involve pruning, grafting and bending single or multiple trees into shapes that grow thicker and stronger as they add annual rings. The closest related practices are [[espalier]], [[pleaching]] and [[topiary]]. |
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Reames was inspired by the works of [[Axel Erlandson]] housed at [[Gilroy Gardens]] to write his book. |
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[[Axel Erlandson]] Starting work in the late 1920s and continuing until a year before his death in 1964. Most of his works are currently housed at [[Gilroy Gardens]]. Erlandson is considered the main pioneer of this art. Today Peter Cook and Becky Northey of Yangan Australia have grown some of the world’s most detailed arborsculptures showing their work at the World Expo 2005 in Aichi Japan. The book "Arborsculpture - Solutions for a Small Planet" by Richard Reames is the most comprehensive title covering this esoteric practice. |
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==See also== |
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*[[topiary]] |
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*[[espalier]] |
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*[[pleaching]] |
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==External links== |
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*http://www.markprimack.com/treecircus.html - History of the Tree Circus |
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*http://www.archinode.com/bienal.html - The Fab Tree Hab Living Home! |
*http://www.archinode.com/bienal.html - The Fab Tree Hab Living Home! |
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*http://www.arborsmith.com/ - Richard Reames- Books, tools, installations, history and links |
*http://www.arborsmith.com/ - Richard Reames- Books, tools, installations, history and links |
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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjE746ujXJI - An introduction to Arborsculpture |
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjE746ujXJI - An introduction to Arborsculpture |
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Revision as of 04:07, 13 April 2007
Arborsculpture - Solutions for a Small Planet, is a book by Richard Reames who believes that trees hold the key to stabilizing the climate and, as he shows, this vital element of the environment can also be sculpted into a work of art. Numerous photographs, submitted by many different photographers, illustrate the many creative ideas. Trees have been formed into outdoor furniture that is functional , such as gazebos, fences, and trellises, or odd constructs, such as trees growing with what look like antique bicycles or guns through their trunks.
The term Arborsculpture was coined by Richard Reames in the 1990s to unify the field, but none of the practitioners he presents in his book accept the term, or agree to be tagged by it.
Reames was inspired by the works of Axel Erlandson housed at Gilroy Gardens to write his book.
See also
External links
- http://www.markprimack.com/treecircus.html - History of the Tree Circus
- http://www.archinode.com/bienal.html - The Fab Tree Hab Living Home!
- http://www.arborsmith.com/ - Richard Reames- Books, tools, installations, history and links
- http://www.danladd.com/
- http://www.plantware.org/ - Technology and Art
- http://www.pooktre.com Pooktre/ Peter Cook and Becky Northey
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jspjfu0lBos - KinderForest - Growing a Playground
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjE746ujXJI - An introduction to Arborsculpture