A Distance Shot of the driveway opening, showing the proof-of-concept tree as it is being arched over a roadbed
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Extreme trunk arching after a great deal of bending during 2nd season of work. 2-3 week intervals at approx. 1200 lbs sustained tension
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The Mechanism; An image of the winch setup that is being used to shape this tree
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The Tension Meter; A customed-designed gauge for measuring the tension applied to the tree. |
A Diagram of what is being done
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Preliminary concept sketches for woody plants
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Concept sketches for tree sculpting
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additional work, papers and original work done around this topic
A Hobbit-hole project© New Alexandria 2003