SCULPTING AND WEAVING PLANTS:
THE FINE ART OF BIOTECHTURE
A Talk by Chuck Marsh
Useful Plants Nursery, www.usefulplants.org
Living Systems Design, www.livingsystemsdesign.net
828.669.1759
A RESOURCE LIST
Book List:
Living Willow Sculpture by John Warnes. The best book on the subject.
Arborsculpture-Solutions for a Small Planet by Richard Reames
The best historical overview with a good chapter on techniques.
Tricks with Trees by Ivan Hicks and Richard Rosenfield
Nonessential, but lots of inspiring pictures.
A Bend in the willows, the Art of Making Rustic Furniture by Paul Dolphin
A good step by step guide to making willow furniture
Web Resources:
Own Root Fruit trees
Youtube video: Permaculture Own Root Fruit Trees and the Coppice Orchard
Living Willow Structures:
Creating Living Willow Structures. www.allotmentforestry.com/fact/willo.htm
A step by step guide to the process
www.willowpooldesigns.co.uk
www.livingshadeinsefton.co.uk
www.westwaleswillows.co.uk/fedgeplanting.html
Willow and Botanical Architecture Artists: lot’s of good inspiration here
www.davidgosling.com
www.juliestarks.com
www.stickwork.com
www.danladd.com
Creating Living Willow Structures in Schoolyards and Playgrounds
http://playgrounddesigns.blogspot.com/2009/01/living-willow-structuresfor.html
www.hort.cornell.edu/livingsculpture/tree_sculpture/index.htm
www.creativewillow.com
Nursery Sources
Bluestem Nursery, www.bluestem.ca
Useful Plants Nursery, www.usefulplants.org available later this year