Shaping of trees in predetermined designs

Did you know that trees can be grown in predermined designs, such as chairs, tables and sculpture?

The people who got the inspiration for this idea call it: Pooktre Tree Shapers.

See http://www.pooktre.com/index.html for more pictures, videos and explanation.

Grown by Pooktre This is Pook sitting in his grown chair. This chair is to remain alive. Planted in 1998.

Image via Wikipedia

Read also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_shaping