We’re not sure if Gavin Munro will figure out how to coax trees to grow limbs shaped like 2×10 floor joists. Some believe it would render sawmills obsolete. For now this botanical craftsman is enjoying success in growing furniture (HT: Mark Kennedy).

Aptly described in this article at Gizmag as “a man with a great deal of patience,” Munro has reportedly spent the last ten years training trees to become chairs, tables, and sculpture. Check out the many beautiful images which includes his Furniture Field (Tuscan vineyard?) posted at the company’s website (“each piece is an expression of patience and collaboration with nature”). A large furniture harvest is projected for 2016-2017. Would this be nature’s contribution to rudimentary 3-D printing?

Photo Credit: fullgrown.co.uk