This jog also required a shift in the stainless steel threaded rod core. Where the diagonal 2×4 bracing is temporarily fixed to the tree, there is a noticeable shift in plan of the tree trunk path. Using a machine shop, we made aluminum jigs of differing diameters to drill perpendicular straight holes into the branches for wooden dowel and glue reassembly.įor the alternating trunk members, we used a large swivel drill press and a long 1.25-inch diameter drill bit to precisely drill central holes for an eventual stainless steel threaded rod core.
Then we felled the trunk part of the tree and segmented it into approximately 16-18 inch long segments. I organized the branches off to the side and began cutting them into their segments. I sketched out a plan with a diagram and with the help of my father we began to deconstruct the tree in alternating sections of the tree trunk and branch members.įirst I carefully cut and lowered the branches using a handsaw and rope. Steven Holl used to come to our tables and ask us if we could use that “magic wand” tool and fix everything, like scaling a tree to match the perspective better.Īnd I had a thought, what if you physically scale an actual tree to fifty percent its original size? It was a freeing moment for me because it was not a “traditional” thought or speculation that an architect might have, but the training and skillset of an architect could be used advantageously for planning and executing such a project.
Every morning on my way back up to the main house I passed by our old Cherry Tree, which I noticed was dead.įor whatever reason I had a memory of using the transformation tool in Photoshop for elevations and renderings. While I was in UPSTATE NY, I had been sleeping outside in a Thoreau type cabin I built with my father several years ago. It is a quasi-permanent sculpture resulting from an attempt to scale a tree by 50% of its original form. Dwarfed Dead Cherry Tree is an installation in Upstate New York of a reconstructed dead cherry tree.
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