Nature slightly transformed, with these solid and easy to make seats
1 hour.
From an oak log,
a wood chisel and a pebble (or a wooden hammer).
How to make it ?
Take a wood log from an oak tree, or another tree fell a few weeks ago.
Remove the bark with the wood chisel, using the pebble to hammer it.
Result:
Scrape the surface with the wood chisel, like this
and like that.
It produces to a veined look becoming more visible after drying.
Here are 4 seats and a table made following the same steps. The table is just covered with a glass top from a second-hand table.
Advantages
- solid, can be use as a working bench
- without bark, it doesn't drop bits of bark all the time, so you can use it indoors
- recyclable as fuel wood
- co-product : oak bark, raw material uesd to tan hides.
- adapable to your prefered position.
Limits
- heavy seat, difficult to move if it's big (and not yet dry), and moving the table ...
- Some feel it’s uncomfortable after a while …
And an birch seat … not round at all 