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'We mould trees to grow into the shape of chairs'
Key takeaways
- The chairs are grown upside down at an orchard in Derbyshire before they are harvested and dried for a year.
- Alice and Gavin Munro grow their creations upside down, in a process that they say typically takes between six and nine years, before each item is dried for a year.
- The process involves training and pruning young tree branches as they grow over specially-made pieces of recycled plastic which help to shape the trees' growth.
The chairs are grown upside down at an orchard in Derbyshire before they are harvested and dried for a year. A couple have spent the past 20 years experimenting to perfect the practice of moulding trees so they grow into the shape of a chair.
Alice and Gavin Munro grow their creations upside down, in a process that they say typically takes between six and nine years, before each item is dried for a year.
The process involves training and pruning young tree branches as they grow over specially-made pieces of recycled plastic which help to shape the trees' growth.
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