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'We mould trees to grow into the shape of chairs' (www.bbc.com)
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The idea grew when Gavin was in and out of hospital with Klippel-Feil syndrome - a rare congenital condition characterised by the abnormal fusion of two or more neck vertebrae.

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[-] bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 6 points 1 week ago

Or you could make stools from stumps of a cut up log. This seems more efficient and you get multiples per tree.

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