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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.

This stool is made entirely by chewing, scratching and chipping at found natural materials. The bottom details of the stool in which no screws, glue or shimming were used. Felling the tree A typical stool bought online The pieces of the stool made from scratch Testing the different woods View the full project here
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