LandshifterZ - Invivo Design Trees

Terreform Center for Advanced Urban Research Has proposed this design for TreeGridTowerZ

The sculpture is titled: Grown That Way
It is for sale or public display.😘
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This poplar tree was grown and grafted over a 25 year period. The grafting process utilizes the trees natural ability to inosculate, or join together. After the tree died of natural causes, I dug it from the ground so it could stand on its own roots.
The tree was slowly dried and the bark removed. Tung oil was applied to the surface for protection and to slow the drying.
While the tree was living, it was “adopted” by Jezzy the iconic rapper as a symbol of his love for his then girlfriend Jeannie Mai who is now his wife.

The work is 102” tall, the root base is 80” x 66”. The root base can be made smaller if necessary.

Over the last 30 years I have grown many different species of trees into useful items and artistic shapes. The process requires an in-depth knowledge of tree cultivation, along with a compulsive diligence to detail during the growing seasons.
My trees are pruned, shaped and grafted while they grow thicker and taller every year. They are continually watered, weeded and protected from insects and wind damage while they grow.

Richard Reames has written two books on the subject of “Arborsculpture”
a word he coined with his first book in 1995 titled How to Grow a Chair
His second book Arborsculpture Solution for a Small Planet was printed in 2005 and covers the history of the art and the practitioners around the world.
Richard coordinated a World Expo pavilion in Japan in 2005 and has taught arborsculpture at the J.C. Campbell school of folk art.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reames
https://www.opb.org/article/2022/02/19/oregon-artist-richard-reames-tree-art-arborsculpture/
official web site: http://www.arborsmith.com