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