Full Grown Brings 1 Bronze Chair to Chelsea, Plans Academy After 20 Years

11 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 18

A bronze cast of a Full Grown chair will appear at this month’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, giving the Derbyshire studio one of its highest-profile showcases yet.
The couple behind Full Grown say they will launch a Full Grown Academy within weeks to teach others how to grow furniture, after spending 20 years refining the method.
Each piece is shaped from living trees over recycled plastic forms, with branches pruned and grafted into one solid object; a chair typically takes six to nine years to grow and another year to dry.
Founded in 2006 by Alice and Gavin Munro, the business now has a few dozen stools, benches and other works growing in its orchard, with pieces already shown by Louis Vuitton and held by major museums.

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