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Reader Submitted: Here’s What It Looks Like to Use Only Your Body to Make Furniture—No Machines or Tools Allowed

It takes an entire civilization to build a simple wood stool. I found this out the hard way by attempting to build furniture completely from scratch just using my body. From felling a tree with my bare hands to carving the wood using any means necessary, I realized that perhaps we as a culture are too reliant on our interconnected society.

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This stool is made entirely by chewing, scratching and chipping at found natural materials.
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The bottom details of the stool in which no screws, glue or shimming were used.
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Felling the tree
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A typical stool bought online
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The pieces of the stool made from scratch
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Testing the different woods
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http://www.core77.com/projects/78287/Heres-What-It-Looks-Like-to-Use-Only-Your-Body-to-Make-Furniture%E2%80%94No-Machines-or-Tools-Allowed