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John Krubsack (1858-1941) was a banker and farmer from Embarrass, Wisconsin.〔(Making Rustic Furniture By Daniel Mack. p. 78 )〕 He conceived, planted and shaped the first known living chair. He started in 1903 and harvested it 11 years later in 1914 dubbed the chair that grew. == Biography == In addition to banking, Krubsack was a prominent naturalist. He farmed, made cheese, and landscaped his property long before these were common practice. His house was the first in his region to have running water. He also was skilled at piecing together furniture from found branches. He’d scour the local river flats with a yardstick and a saw, looking for just the right shaped piece of blue beech, a hardwood tree with a smooth, wavy bark and a beautiful blue color when varnished. John took his youngest son, Hugo, on these weekend wood-hunting excursions, and it was during one of his trips that the idea first came to him to grow a chair. == Chair == Krubsack planted the seeds in a sort of chair shaped diagram, planted the seeds and as they grew he grafted the trunks together to create the back, seat, legs and arms.〔(Wisconsin Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff by Michael Feldman, Diana Coo. p. 64 )〕 In a letter sent to his nephew Dennis in 1975, Hugo described his father’s announcement of the living chair: Krubsack explains the process in detail of how he grew the chair: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Krubsack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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