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Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, in 1917

Atlantic City, 1910.

The main street of Memphis, north of Avenue Gayoso, 1910.

Station “Louisville-Nashville”, Florida, in 1910.

Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, Florida, in 1910.

The beach in Atlantic City, 1915.

Grant Avenue after an earthquake in San Francisco in 1906.

Carts for transporting dairy Thompson, Washington, 1927.

Washington, DC, 1914.

Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan, 1916.

Ninth Street, Washington DC, 1915.

Main Street, Richmond, VA

Corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, 1910.

Broad Street north of Spruce Street, Philadelphia, 1905.

View of Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in 1909.

Fire at 55th Street, New York, 1915.

Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.

Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 1907.

The New York Public Library, New York, 1915.

Wall Street, New York, 1911.

Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.

Manhattan, 1907.

The northern part of Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.

City Hall – City Hall in New York.

Dexter Avenue and the Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama, in 1906.

Valnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1910.

Washington, DC, 1913.

Broadway and the building of “The Times”, New York, 1915.

Size of Government in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1905.

Boston, MA, 1906.

New York, 1905.

Grand Central Station and Hotel, Manhattan, New York, 1903.

Treasury Building, Washington, DC, 1913.

Post Office, Brooklyn, New York, 1906.

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Reames describes the method behind this art:

Arborsculpture relies on the ability of plants (trees) to be united together by approach grafting and the ability to retain a new shape when new layers of wood form to hold a desired shape.

Approach grafting is accomplished by wounding two or more parts of a tree or trees by cutting off the bark, to or past the cambiumlayer and then binding the wounded parts together so good contact is secure while the wounded tree parts grow together.

Stems or branches, are bent into shapes and temporarily braced for a year or more depending on the amount of resistance overcome. 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. The temporary bracing can be removed after the shape holds itself.

Pruning may be required to remove unwanted branches and direct the growth into the desired shape. 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.

Using these methods (also used in Arboriculture), items like benches, chairs, etc., can be formed from trees by bending, merging and manipulating Plant tissue.

 EDIT: Thanks to Becky from pooktre.com for clearing up some misinformation and providing me with more! “There are a few different methods of achieving a shaped tree, which share a common heritage with other artistic horticultural and agricultural practices, such as pleaching, bonsai, espalier, and topiary, and employing some similar techniques. Arborsculpture is more commonly know as a method of tree shaping. A book you may find interesting http://www.pooktre.com/extra/3/methods.html

Below are just a few pictures of some of his and others work. Check out his website for more!

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A Quick Stroll on the Water

The Moving Pavement

House-Moving by Train

Televised Outside Broadcasting

Personal Flying Machines

Weather Control Machine

Combined Ship and Railway Locomotive

Undersea Tourist Boats

Roofed Cities

Personal Airships

Summer Holidays at the North Pole

Police X-Ray Surveillance Machine

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Hermes 1988

Turning plant 1992

Misty Eyes

Circle in square 1987

Shadow out of shadow 1986

Dance 1985

Regarded from two sides 1984

Salto mortale 1983

David Deformed 1983

Venus on fire 1985

Venus 1986

Macbeth 1989

Dialogue between two chairs 1993

The thinker 1989

Main street

Still life 1985

Playing Gerswin

David after dinner 1983

It ain’t necessarily

(dis)appearance

Dutch landscape 1987

Sisyphus 1992

Rembrandt illuminated 2005

Self-reflection 2005

Vulcanus

Homo Habilis 1988

Margritte’s flea market 1989

Spider

Perspective 1996

Greedy consumption

Upside down 1982

Shadow dancing 2008

Exhibition

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