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The word Arborsculpture is believed to have first appeared in print in the book How to Grow a Chair- The Art of Tree Trunk Topiary 1995 by Reames and Delbol. ISBN 0-9647280-0-1 Reames coined the word in an attempt to give a unifying name to the practice of shaping the growth of tree trunks into sculptural shapes. The word has since been used in media[1] around the world. The nascent word is not found in standard English dictionaries. Controversy exists as some prefer to describe the art and craft technique with the word pleaching or other words. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 508 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (3383 × 3992 pixel, file size: 558 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo by Richard Reames http://www. ...
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Pleaching is the art of training trees into a raised hedge. ...
According to the book by the same name, Arborsculpture is the art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks. By grafting, bending and pruning the woody trunks and or branches are grown into shapes either ornamental or useful. Similar to espalier and possibly including some topiary for some projects. The word is a conjunction of the words arbor (Latin for tree) and sculpture. Espaliered pear tree in the garden of the Cloisters in upper Manhattan Espalier is the horticultural technique of training trees through pruning and grafting in order to create formal two-dimensional or single plane patterns by the branches of the tree. ...
A topiary dinosaur at Epcot Topiary is the art of creating sculptures in the medium of shrubbery, after the Latin word for an ornamental landscape gardener, toparius. ...
In Valencia a newly-installed pergola shows its structure, which the climbing roses will cover. ...
A sculpture is a three-dimensional object, which for the purposes of this article is man-made and selected for special recognition as art. ...
How Arborsculpture is accomplished
Arborsculpture relies on the ability of plants (trees) to be united together by grafting, or to retain a new shape after new layers of wood form to keep a desired shape. Image File history File links Pretzel_Tree. ...
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A modern factory produced hard pretzel. ...
Grafted apple tree Malus sp. ...
Bonsai uses a similar principle. A stem or branches, are bent to a different shape and temporarily braced for a year or two. During that time, additional layers of wood grow. These new layers of wood act like a natural cast, keeping the Stem and branches in the new desired shape. Then the temporary bracing can be removed. A bonsai trident maple growing in the root over rock style. ...
In common parlance, a stem is any elongated, usually narrow, extension or supporting structure of an object. ...
Pruning may be required to remove branches and produce a long straight stem, free of branches. Pruning may also redirect stem growth. A pruning cut above a Leaf or Node can steer the plant. If a leaf points to the right, then a cut above that leaf will produce new growth that grows to the right side. Likewise, a cut above a leaf pointing to the left, produces new growth that grows to the left. In microeconomics, pruning taken as a metaphor from gardening, refers to the removal of excess items from a budget. ...
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Node may mean: Node (botany), the place on a plant stem where a leaf is attached Node (physics), a spatial locus along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude Node (networking), a device connected to a network, such as a computer or router Node (computer science), a basic...
Using these methods (also used in Arboriculture), items like benches, chairs, etc., can be formed from trees by bending, merging and manipulating Plant tissue. Good arboricultural care can reduce the risks of broken tree branches like this one Arboriculture is the selection, planting, care, and removal of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants, and the study of how they grow and respond to cultural practices and the environment. ...
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How Arborsculpture differs from Topiary Topiary may employ the practice of manipulating stems, but is primarily the art and skill of producing shapes with leaves (foliage). It is much different from Arborsculpture, which primarily employs the practice of manipulating stems and bonding trees together by Grafting. Arborsculpture may include some topiary effects, but topiary is not the primary feature and consideration of the practice as a whole. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 449 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (478 × 638 pixel, file size: 82 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the...
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Axel Erlandson (1884-1964) was an American arborist who opened a horticultural attraction in 1947 featuring his uniquely shaped trees. ...
A topiary dinosaur at Epcot Topiary is the art of creating sculptures in the medium of shrubbery, after the Latin word for an ornamental landscape gardener, toparius. ...
Grafted apple tree Malus sp. ...
Although its possible to use grafting for topiary, the existence of grafting in topiary is rarely seen.
Arborsculpture can include furniture and items that were constructed exclusively using plant growth and grafted plant tissue. These items can be severed from the roots or removed from the ground; no longer being living organisms. But topiary is virtually limited to live organisms (plants) with leaves.
Topiary almost always involves regular shearing and shaping of foliage, whereas Arborsculpture projects can easily be formed without any shearing of foliage at all.
How Arborsculpture differs from Espalier Espalier is the horticultural technique of training trees through pruning and (or) grafting to make formal "two-dimensional" or single plane patterns with branches of trees or shrubs. Arborsculpture is different because projects are not limited to a flat single plane, nor a pattern. Either technique may employ species of trees which produce fruit. But Espalier trained trees are not known to be shaped into benches, mirror frame, table pedestles or woven pillars. Therefore, Espallier and Arborsculpture are not synonymous terms, nor equivilent as a horticultural practice. Espaliered pear tree in the garden of the Cloisters in upper Manhattan Espalier is the horticultural technique of training trees through pruning and grafting in order to create formal two-dimensional or single plane patterns by the branches of the tree. ...
Horticulture (Latin: hortus (garden plant) + cultura (culture)) is classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. ...
Grafted apple tree Malus sp. ...
Synonyms (in ancient Greek syn συν = plus and onoma όνομα = name) are different words with similar or identical meanings. ...
How Arborsculpture differs from Pleaching Pleaching is more similar to arborsculpture than topiary or espalier. But pleaching is limited to flat planes and hedges, therefore it is not arborsculpture. If anything, a pleaching project could be an arborsculpture. If a person chose to weave and graft several trees into a flat hedge, that hedge would be one individual arborsculpture project. But pleaching does not include furniture and items made from live trees, and that's where the comparison ends. Pleaching is not synonymous with arborsculpture. Pleaching is the art of training trees into a raised hedge. ...
How Arborsculpture differs from Bonsai Bonsaiis an art of growing trees in pots and containers, using pruning techniques to keep the trees at a miniature size. The practice of bonsai avoids woven branch patterns or branches bent to resemble identifiable shapes like outlines of Stick men (which has been done with Arborsculpture. A bonsai project is intended to appear as if a human had not shaped it; like representation of a miniature tree, if one could be found in the wild. Arborsculpture is almost the opposite concept, because the project shapes visually "announce" that a human had shaped it. A bonsai trident maple growing in the root over rock style. ...
In microeconomics, pruning taken as a metaphor from gardening, refers to the removal of excess items from a budget. ...
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It is possible to make a miniature Arborsculpture in a pot like Bonsai, and keep it reduced to miniature size. But if it were to resemble a pretzel or something, that would not be the true nature of "bonsai". It would just be a miniature Arborsculpture in a pot or container. Even a flat slab of rock can work for a planting tray, with moss retaining the soil. A modern factory produced hard pretzel. ...
Tools
Pruning tools utilized by a pruning and arborsculpture specialist for cutting twigs and branches.
A set of bonsai tools, from left to right: leaf trimmer; rake with spatula; root hook; coir brush; concave cutter; knob cutter; wire cutter; small, medium, and large shears. Many of these are pruning tools which may also be employed to prune and develop Arborsculpture projects.
The first example of a grown mirror with shaped roots was displayed by Pooktre at the World Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan.
A few of the tools used in Arborsculpture are similar to those used by a Gardener, an Arborist, or a Horticulturist. These tools include handpruners (Secateur) and a pruning saw. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 717 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 669 pixel, file size: 207 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image by M. D. Vaden of Oregon. ...
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Axel Erlandson (1884-1964) was an American arborist who opened a horticultural attraction in 1947 featuring his uniquely shaped trees. ...
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Coir (Etymological origin: from Tamil and Malayalam - kayar - cord) is a coarse fibre extracted from the fibrous outer shell of a coconut. ...
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Aichi can refer to: Aichi Prefecture Aichi Steel Corporation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
A gardener is any person involved in the growing and maintenance of plants, notably in a garden. ...
This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...
The Latin words hortus (garden plant) and cultura (culture) together form horticulture, classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. ...
Bypass secateurs Secateurs, also called hand pruners or pruning shears, are a type of scissors for use with plants. ...
Far less common for Arborsculpture pruning tools are shears (Pruning shears or a Hedge trimmer), because those are used more often for topiary or a Hedge (barrier). Sheares are doubled-bladed cutting implements with straight blades of between 200mm and 300mm. ...
Garden hedges, which used to be cut with a knife or with pruning shears, can now be cut with a powered hedge trimmer. ...
A clipped beech hedge in Germany, allowed to grow as high as a house in order to serve as a windbreak A hedge is a line of closely spaced shrubs and bushes, planted and trained in such a way as to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of...
The tools for bending and shaping are virtually unlimited - basically, whatever each "Arborsculpturist" chooses for bending, fastening and restraining. This could include wood boards, pipe, rope, wire, string, tape, etc.. Even an item like a metal patio bench could be used as a pattern or mold (Molding (process)). "Materials" or "items: may be more appropriate words than "tools" regarding the bending and shaping. One half of a bronze mould for casting a socketed spear head dated to the period 1400-1000 BC. There are no known parallels for this mould. ...
Time Requirement The time to grow and construct an arborsculpture project is unspecified, but typically over two years. The smallest grafted twig would require a year to become solidly attached. And the increase of it's diameter would require a year or two minimum. For bent stems, at least one or two years of new tissue need grow to hold the new shape. These stages would be just the beginning of a long-term project.
Complex projects like benches or arbors may require 10 years - even several decades.
The time involved depends on the tree species. A project that depends on stem elongation, may take three times longer using a Dogwood tree, than it would using a Poplar tree, because many dogwood trees grow slower than some poplar trees. In common parlance, a stem is any elongated, usually narrow, extension or supporting structure of an object. ...
Subgenera Cornus Benthamidia Swida The Dogwoods comprise a group of 30-50 species of deciduous woody plants (shrubs and trees) in the family Cornaceae, divided into one to nine genera or subgenera (depending on botanical interpretation). ...
This article is about woody plants of the genus Populus. ...
Basically, these are long-term projects that typically take years to accomplish - not a matter of just days or months.
Reference - ^ Magazines containing the definition of Arborsculpture-
- Cassidy, Patti (April/May 2006) "Art to Grow", Acreage Life (Canada) P. 17
- Nestor, James (February, 2007). "Branching Out"., Dwell p. 96.
- Fore, Joshua (Issue #20) “How to Grow a Chair” Cabinet p. 27.
- May, John (Spring/Summer 2005) "The Art of Arborsculpture" Tree News(UK) P.37
T.V. Broadcast containing the definition of Arborsculpture- - “Tree Stories”, Fantasy Trees show # 103
- “Offbeat America” # OB310 (First aired Dec 4 2006)
See also A topiary dinosaur at Epcot Topiary is the art of creating sculptures in the medium of shrubbery, after the Latin word for an ornamental landscape gardener, toparius. ...
Espaliered pear tree in the garden of the Cloisters in upper Manhattan Espalier is the horticultural technique of training trees through pruning and grafting in order to create formal two-dimensional or single plane patterns by the branches of the tree. ...
Pleaching is the art of training trees into a raised hedge. ...
Axel Erlandson (1884-1964) was an American arborist who opened a horticultural attraction in 1947 featuring his uniquely shaped trees. ...
As a direct contribution to building knowledge in the fields of architecture and urban design the Fab Tree Hab supposes ecology as the main driver for dwelling. ...
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