A cool piece of wood and some pollarding info? Yeah, I got you covered.
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@swims11torches9 ай бұрын
You call it Pollarding, I'll call it tree body horror
@rianantony9 ай бұрын
If you call all tree body horror by the name "tree body horror" you're gonna have a lot of things named tree body horror
@Joghurt24999 ай бұрын
@@rianantonyoh yeah like bonsai. man am I happy we can't hear the screams of pain 😂
@willrascal13629 ай бұрын
It's done because willow specifically is prone to infections so by pollarding the infection will stop at the knuckle and not continue to the main parts of the tree
@AmericansWillRise9 ай бұрын
@@Joghurt2499, maybe they're screams of pleasure?? 🤷♂️
@exciteddelirium35909 ай бұрын
Tree circumcising
@vashdread298 ай бұрын
Thank you for not filling those holes with resin. Reminds me of my childhood when I visit my grandparents' house with all the wooden furniture with imperfections like this.
@hannahware37517 ай бұрын
Wow that unlocked a memory of me loosing small toys like legos in a tree table my grandpa made. It was a cool table! Just not for building legos 😂
@Jefferson-ly5qe3 ай бұрын
Yes! Nice to see some woodwork on here that isn't full of plastic
@Lancer_00102 ай бұрын
Yes this and the worm marks were so cool
@BigChicken-eg4bgАй бұрын
@@hannahware3751, I read that as "... losing small boys."
@kekee10216 күн бұрын
You should look up pecky homes.
@user-bm3qk8lt4n3 ай бұрын
"I mean look At DEEZ KNOTZ." -Justin the trees
@garthbrown2154Ай бұрын
This comment is criminally underrated
@mohitgoyal15Ай бұрын
I love the smell of deez knotz
@CFC4134Ай бұрын
That is knot funny
@Irondragon1945Ай бұрын
uwu
@nikoleg_mitrofan18 күн бұрын
@@garthbrown2154it's just a degenerate lewd joke man
@JosephsDesign9 ай бұрын
Beavers actually do this naturally. When they harvest willow wood they usually don’t kill the trees and that causes them to grow back denser. I love waking around the beaver dams because these things build and alter the areas they live in almost like people do.
@FLPhotoCatcher9 ай бұрын
Some of my ancestors had a surname "Pollard". Apparently, they pollarded for a living in England.
@Reptilian-Boss9 ай бұрын
So, they climb the tree and chew off the limbs?
@JosephsDesign9 ай бұрын
@@Reptilian-Boss The willows where I live have short trunks about a foot tall that split into many tall limbs, so when the beavers chew off these limbs, more branches regrow from the short trunk. Beavers only seem to fell tall trees because they need branches, with short ones like these willows it’s easier for them to just remove the branches directly.
@Reptilian-Boss9 ай бұрын
@@JosephsDesign Oh, cool. 😉👍 I had a feeling you'd explain.
@Justinthetrees9 ай бұрын
Beavers rule
@kareyreuben38699 ай бұрын
That final vase and the twig in the same color palette was absolutely beautiful.
@SamPlaysBasketball8 ай бұрын
Love ittttt
@Treeckogeek8 ай бұрын
Yea i mean it looked nice but imagine if you were contained in a room made of human flesh with deformed and polished edges. That doesn’t seem too nice.
@SanchoDomingo_8 ай бұрын
Nahh ur lying
@AcidGambit4198 ай бұрын
Treeckogeek that is the best comment I will read today
@jbcoolerninja8 ай бұрын
You mean horrific
@brianlarrabee66662 ай бұрын
Oh man.... I just went back 4 years into the past. I LOVED watching your content during Covid but I eventually deleted TIKTOK, and haven't seen anything since. Man this brought me back. I even gave an audible "Aw no way!" when I scrolled onto this video. Heck yeah.
@capetonianllama4 ай бұрын
The Whomping Willow reference 😂
@Snoozeritooooooos9 ай бұрын
Get yourself a partner who looks at you the way Justin looks at wood EDIT: your minds are dirtier than a burger king kitchen.
@samsanimationcorner38208 ай бұрын
Sounds gay, I'm in.
@supaflywhiteguy76358 ай бұрын
Pause
@yelloooooooo8 ай бұрын
if that body is covered in limb scars, it's clearly got some interesting things hiding in there... So, if you're ever walking around a city or a park or even just your own neighborhood, and you see a person that looks like it's been cut back to just a big ol' nub, you now know what to call it. *your new partner*
@Cyberpunker20778 ай бұрын
😏
@kingpaladin55918 ай бұрын
Ayo
@Mizunaki_uwu8 ай бұрын
You have unintentionally summoned a whole different demographic of knot enjoyers
@AstridCobalt8 ай бұрын
Look at those knots... :3
@Crux___8 ай бұрын
Fr tho, our community has completely ruined the word “knot” for me in any other context TwT
@bakerap22118 ай бұрын
@@Crux___agreed.
@ballzetr46528 ай бұрын
The Rock eyebrow rise boom sound*
@mikaelafox61068 ай бұрын
Whitney 😱 Wisconsin
@mishmarsh2029Ай бұрын
I love knotting!
@garlic_greedАй бұрын
Ayo
@vintage-radioАй бұрын
what
@Largest_MАй бұрын
same
@user-we3zr6ty3dАй бұрын
👍
@JackPorterАй бұрын
uhh pim i would really not be screaming that atop of your lungs...
@Youxshii2 ай бұрын
Why did I blink and flinch when the wood shavings fling at the camera
@DazombieAlienАй бұрын
Cuz ur a wuss lol
@apocalypse948 ай бұрын
that would make a nice lamp base.
@Beezlie727Ай бұрын
I knew I'd find this comment! 👍😀
@DaMaLoJo8 ай бұрын
"It's neat. Look how neat. Ok bye!" has the same energy as a kid at show-and-tell, and I love it
@chiapagringaАй бұрын
"As one does." Carving into a weird piece of wood😅
@tabisuematwiju586525 күн бұрын
That turned out GORGEOUS!!! 🤎 🤎 🤎 Love it!!! 🤎 🤎 🤎
@coalcreekdefense81068 ай бұрын
Pollarding has originally done to produce a lot of straight branches to be turned into staves. They started out pruning them right above the ground to make the staves easy to harvest, but then deer kept getting to the young branches, so they started doing it up high out of their reach.
@J_Stronsky8 ай бұрын
Hmm hadn't heard staves, I was told it's for firewood kindling as the smaller thinner branches produced are more desirable and can be harvested more regularly
@user-np1fz9tk6z8 ай бұрын
@j.stronsky2166 couldn't it be for both and also other reasons? Do you even work with wood? Have you studied trees? Are you an arborist?
@beatrizpereira608 ай бұрын
@@user-np1fz9tk6za bit aggressive m8
@fjalarhenriksson8 ай бұрын
wrong willow is not originally used for staves its originally used for building fances and houses thats why they did what they did.
@rickskeptical8 ай бұрын
I heard it was done in order to create conversational conflict at the local pubs.
@Woodcocce9 ай бұрын
That has got to be the single most beautiful piece I've seen from you, in my opinion. And a vocabulary lesson? Heck yes.
@BooBuKittyPhuk9 ай бұрын
Agreed
@valeriep.83649 ай бұрын
Stunning. I'm in awe.
@ruthpresutti44729 ай бұрын
Yes, stunning and ❤you and your vocabulary lessons! Please keep doing what you do and being you! You make my day!!!
@Bisexualcat9 ай бұрын
I love learning about other people’s obsessions, and this wood is beautiful!
@trvman18 ай бұрын
and now someone from China has seen this and now making plastic versions that look just like this :)
@deloridwright37212 ай бұрын
That turned out beautifully.
@x.silverchild49877 ай бұрын
Thank you for showing this Pedro pascal🫶
@WinkTartanBelle8 ай бұрын
We pollard trees, especially willows, to use those supple young shoots for weaving fences, baskets, furniture, wreaths and such. All those willow wreaths you buy in the craft stores start this way, as does every woven willow wicker furniture piece. Those lovely handcrafted baskets have to have a lot of supple willow branches to be made. Here's where that stuff comes from. It's like growing any other crop. The more you know!
@peterbillings32767 ай бұрын
I just watched a really interesting video on that exact subject a few days ago. Incredible plant! Pretty cool that the trunk itself can have artistic value too after it’s been pollarded to harvest its thin, useful shoots.
@everest9707Ай бұрын
In northern Portugal, they also used the young shoots to tie vines to overhead structures - keep the vines off the damp ground and to get as much sunlight as possible. People now use plastic ties or string, and wonder why there are so many willow trees near vines.
@pastelxpocketАй бұрын
Thanks for explaining some of the positives. I recently was talking to my fiancé about how bad this is for trees in people’s yards. Most people do it to keep big limbs from over sidewalks or power lines, but they cut the whole tree back instead of removing problem limbs. I was really upset because a whole city block was like that. I knew there had to be a real reason why people do it, but I knew that that reason had nothing to do with neighborhood trees.
@isabelmcgaugh711Ай бұрын
That’s very cool!
@MonkeyJedi99Ай бұрын
I vaguely recall reading somewhere that pollarding was also used to produce arrow and crossbow bolt shafts. I have no clue where I read it, so I can't back that up factually.
@sarahyena39669 ай бұрын
"LOOK AT THESE KNOTS"
@vuk_ustipak9 ай бұрын
Holy shit the furries watching this video
@ZuTheComCat9 ай бұрын
Furries hearing the word knot is like a sleeper agent being activated lol
@FyreFoxUwU9 ай бұрын
UwU
@theoneguywiththeyoutubecha2049 ай бұрын
Came looking for this comment, thank you, lmao.
@theoneguywiththeyoutubecha2049 ай бұрын
@@vuk_ustipak That is correct. (why do you know what it means?)
@Willmaysay1234Ай бұрын
Oh my that is beautiful! Colors got me drooling.
@mizsaftigjАй бұрын
Love the HP reference! Beautiful piece...thank you!
@clarahartzen9 ай бұрын
In Swedish we call it “hamla” and fun fact/story: our willow, originally, is just a little branch from our next door neighbor, that we got after he had “hamlat” his willow. Sooo for the first few years it looked pretty stupid with just a planted branch in our yard 💀 but now ~10 years later we have a cute little willow, guarding our home 🥰
@pangert19 ай бұрын
Tak så myket 😅
@NoneOfTheAbove1239 ай бұрын
Hamla is 'attack' in Hindi.
@Glmorrs19 ай бұрын
My dad did that with a mimosa tree. Just took a branch and stuck it in the ground. Eventually it became a beautiful tree in the shape of a Y and it broke my heart when half of it snapped off in a storm and we had to cut the rest down because it turns out it had some kind of fungal infection.
@Joeysaladslover9 ай бұрын
Good god stop saying we you were under 7
@clarahartzen9 ай бұрын
@@Joeysaladslover I’m 28 and “we” refers to me and my now husband…
@Iruduan9 ай бұрын
I am knot dissapointed by how this looks😂
@aferdeath93209 ай бұрын
🤤🤤
@aiexzs9 ай бұрын
@@aferdeath9320 :(
@Panaderov-ro5kt9 ай бұрын
@@aferdeath9320 what...?
@StoleYourToeshehe9 ай бұрын
I'm actually scared you might be my dad
@LTblazon9 ай бұрын
@@aferdeath9320not that kind of knot
@stacybroussard3097Ай бұрын
That wood is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!! 😍😍😍 WOW, I AM IN AWE OF HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS VASE IS THAT YOU MADE...THE COLORS ARE INCREDIBLE 🤩
@grovermartin687416 күн бұрын
Such a stunning vase! It must be so rewarding to uncover such beauty!
@hollowinside95119 ай бұрын
The title of this short is making me giggle to myself as I officially toss my brain into the gutter. If you know, you know. 🐾
@Tinkyowo8 ай бұрын
💀
@potchary83668 ай бұрын
I love knots! Knotting is so satisfying 🥰
@haighguy88628 ай бұрын
Bruh 😂
@NTFAgentOmen8 ай бұрын
I hate that I immediately understood the joke…
@J_Pawsadas-PTSDEnjoyer8 ай бұрын
this comment is gonna turn me to christianity just so i can tell you to seek god
@HazeEmry8 ай бұрын
One of my people!
@TheEagleofSteel8 ай бұрын
Someone explain the reference?
@riccardocalosso5688Ай бұрын
Pollarding is common with willows because young willow branches are thin and flexibles, perfect for tying bundles together. We still use them to collect and store bundles of vine branches in the vineyard, so that we can use them to start the stove in winter.
@gn4rpz-the-c4t7 ай бұрын
Your videos of things like this helped give me a real fascination and appreciation for really weird and not strictly aesthetically appealing or perfect woodgrain stuff that drove my woodshop professor a little nuts lol
@FATmonkeyCHRIS9 ай бұрын
Nice Harry Potter ref. Gorgeous work
@wrong_era9 ай бұрын
I THOUGHT NO ONE ELSE NOTICED AND WAS SO UTTERLY DISAPPOINTED, YOU MADE MY DAY
@tag_u_rit9 ай бұрын
I can't believe that more people didn't comment on this 😂
@No.1chuuyaDazaisimp9 ай бұрын
Yes
@Fishwolfcrow9 ай бұрын
Yes
@georgelinford55769 ай бұрын
It's not like that was a hidden reference or anything he literally showed the image. No-ones talking about it because it was blatantly obvious, not some clever easter-egg
@littlewidget8 ай бұрын
I just realized that he basically planted a child in a piece of its relative Edit: OMG, thank you for 1k likes
@poodle1018 ай бұрын
wait so youre telling me you dont wear the skins of your dead relatives from time to time?
@BaldCoryxKenshinfan8 ай бұрын
@@poodle101do you also mimic your dead relatives voices and act like a skin walker? ☺️
@mpjstuff8 ай бұрын
It's like a sunny side up egg on a chicken sandwich. The horror!
@monsterkingadversity66628 ай бұрын
@@poodle101Well I sure do. Idk about these weirdos on here…
@monsterkingadversity66628 ай бұрын
@@mpjstuffI know right! Who tf likes runny eggs?? Imagine calling me weird for wearing the skins of my ancestors quilted into an oversized cloak when you eat runny eggs…Humans are creepy lol
@jeffbybee52074 ай бұрын
The reason for this is it was cut tall enough that livestock could graze around the tree but the shoots coming out were harvested for arrow making. In areas with out grazing the trees were cut off about 6 inches above the ground to ease shaft harvesting
@laylamasterton78067 ай бұрын
That's probably the most beautiful piece of wood I've ever seen. Incredible work👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@fgrey-8 ай бұрын
I love all that _pollarding chatoyancy_
@Justin-gv3lp8 ай бұрын
I’m sorry what did you call me?!
@taylor36218 ай бұрын
You just summoned an entire fandom
@J123388 ай бұрын
Which one?
@giorgospapoutsakis52718 ай бұрын
What fandom?
@moizahmed73928 ай бұрын
@@J12338harry potter, when he said womping willow. Its a famous 400 year old tree in the grounds of hogwarts
@tryplot8 ай бұрын
@@moizahmed7392I thought they were referring to the furry community with how often knots were mentioned
@ShadowTrailMedia8 ай бұрын
Galaxy Quest, right? Right? 'Cuz of the lathe? Anyone?
@peccant3 ай бұрын
So cool, right?! Ever heard of a "copse of trees"? It's usually a small stand of trees that are close together, and used to be how one would describe a group of trees that were 'coppiced,' or cut to ground level, allowing new growth from the trunk and a convenient renewable source of fire wood.
@paulamarie438 ай бұрын
I’m so in love…with that vase!!! Really!! Your work blows my mind . I have quite an affinity with trees so your channel brings great joy!!
@snickers_barr71355 ай бұрын
He calls it pollarding… I call it tree murd*r😟😢
@yoshibutimterrariapixelart19234 ай бұрын
@@snickers_barr7135I'm sorry, is the guy who made a beautiful vase out of an already incredibly deformed and likely already dead piece of wood evil? Aww, maybe you should stop focusing on individuals and focus on the big corps who are chopping down millions of acres of forest in the Amazon and other places worldwide!
@lottejuulke799 ай бұрын
I’m dutch and where I’m from in primary school we’d have a “pollarding day” every year where we’d go out and help pollarding the willow trees for a day. It was always great fun and afterwards we’d roast a little breaddough on a stick (which we picked and cut ourselves ofcourse) over the campfire which was arguably the best part :)
@illi63789 ай бұрын
We also have the bread dough on a stick tradition (stokbrood, lekker met stroop en kaas) after 'arbour day' in South Africa.
@waffleaffle2319 ай бұрын
I mostly did this with my mom, we'd cut back our bougainvilleas (one stabbed my scalp once) and rose bushes. Didn't know there was a word for it until today :)
@muurrarium94609 ай бұрын
@@waffleaffle231 I think that is just called "pruning".
@waffleaffle2319 ай бұрын
@@muurrarium9460 we cut literally all the branches off and leave them as stumps. Pruning to me is just trimming dead branches or ones that need to go for other reasons
@mclovin56628 ай бұрын
@@waffleaffle231Pollarding willows is not the same as pruning roses. If you prune roses in the same way as willows, you are doing it wrong. (the Dutch name of that specific willow is "Knotwilg")
@tracyroake2815Ай бұрын
I think that has to be my favorite vase yet!
@bluberri78979 ай бұрын
My town got hit by a really bad ice storm in October two years ago before the trees could lose all their branches. The ice clung to the leaves and made the branches so heavy they broke off all the trees. There was a bunch of property damage to houses and cars, entire trees fell over, and almost everyone lost power for a week. It makes me sad to see all of the trees still broken today, but a lot of them have begun pollarding just like you said!
@ToddiGreat-le2qu8 ай бұрын
Wait a few years then start looking for cedars that it bent badly but didn't kill. You can get some of the most beautiful grain patterns.
@Rhodes_prime9 ай бұрын
“Look at dees knots” nice
@silversiren70467 күн бұрын
There are trees in Japan which are never cut down. Each one is grown in a specific way to produce straight limbs that grow upwards which can be later pruned to produce perfectly straight planks. This leaves the original tree behind and intact, so the environment isn't affected as badly as removing a tree completely, and produces less waste.
@carolebaker3703Ай бұрын
Love the creativity! btw, the willow tree is my favorite sad tree!❤
@jorik419 ай бұрын
In Belgium and in the Nederlands as well, trees like willows are planted along field edges. They act like natural pumps, helping to keep swampy fields dry. These trees are regularly in dutch "knotted", usually every year or two, to prevent them from getting too heavy and breaking under their own weight. The wood is mostly used as fire wood since it is not that strong and dry relatively Quickly .
@Boo-pv4hn8 ай бұрын
We have willow trees but mostly by the canal banks. Very beautiful tho!
@eh69718 ай бұрын
The branches of the willow were used to make fences and baskets.
@tsmeman638 ай бұрын
After “knotting” our willows we gave the thinnest branches to our horses. Something for them to nibble on. A few branches per day.
@inane1039 ай бұрын
I genuinely appreciate and love designers that play along imperfections in nature. Thank you for having the vision.
@crazychaba98168 ай бұрын
In this case is it really imperfections of nature or man made imperfections 💁🏾
@NarlepoaxIII2 ай бұрын
Here's an extra fun fact for you: In medieval England, they would also do this with yew trees, in order to get really long and straight pieces of wood to make poles and bows with. One large branch is be called a stave, and it would be cut into fourths to make things with. This is where the term "quarterstaff" comes from, because it's a quarter of a stave.
@maryefromkyАй бұрын
i appreciate these videos for the beautiful woodworking, and for the vocab lesson. now i know chattoyancy and pollarding, lol
@seaninness3348 ай бұрын
Spectacular knotting. Beautiful final piece! Great spot. I'm not a wood worker but I used to stare at wood paneling as a kid, mesmerized by the patterns.
@netfox98554 ай бұрын
oh god, knots
@Dootalt2 ай бұрын
@@netfox9855 hehehehehehe, knotting, hehehehe
@thepugchugzchannel4511Ай бұрын
@@netfox9855 I love knotting and showing knotting content to all my friends and family
@lord_duckian95218 ай бұрын
Pollarding also produces straighter branches which can be useful for pole turning
@DrekromancerАй бұрын
That piece has an incredible amount of character. You did awesome.
@Dim-yz6wkАй бұрын
Beautiful craftsmanship ❤
@tracyroake28159 ай бұрын
Wow! That has to be the most beautiful piece I've seen you turn! Exquisite!
@ReggiePlayer19 ай бұрын
Wow, this is so cool. This reminds me of my great uncle Roland. Thank you for the nostalgia.
@saltmuffinLGDPS8 ай бұрын
wait, what does that mean
@shark_boytoy8 ай бұрын
@@saltmuffinLGDPSI think their uncle is dead.
@Mylizardismy-pfp2 ай бұрын
The cycle of life of how a tree gives its body to another tree
@flyingS0up5 ай бұрын
It’s also really common with crepe myrtles, it makes them have way more lil blooms later in the year
@hilarymol66078 ай бұрын
This was really cool. And you took me all the way back to the first time I was taught to use a lathe. I never was anything special (carpentry-wise) and the biggest project that made it out of shop class was a pathetic looking hinged box (but it held, and I still have it 36 years later) that I stained within an inch of its life. It looked nothing like your vase, but as a 13-year-old kid and the only girl in the class, I felt pretty cool anyway. This makes me miss woodworking, and I'm delighted that YT randomly dropped you into my algorithm!
@CW199419 ай бұрын
Knots can add so much character to a piece like that. Beautiful work!
@Deathranger9993 ай бұрын
I noticed this to a lesser degree with some of the trees at Disney World in the winter. They didn’t cut the branches back all the way to the trunk, but they did cut the branches back to be only the ends of the main branches. It’s easy to tell in the winter, but much harder in spring to fall as the new foliage grows in and obscures the effect. Never had a word for it though; thanks for the knowledge!
@ellenmcintyre124719 күн бұрын
That's so beautiful!
@silasfoulon9 ай бұрын
In Balgium where I live these tree are very common and are also a good source for fire wood every time it gets chopped👍
@lenas43429 ай бұрын
Here in Germany too. They also made baskets with them. We have some really old ones in our village, they are so big, the kids hide inside.
@hideouswh57189 ай бұрын
Netherlands too!
@tyffaneelavely80878 ай бұрын
Love that HP whomping willow reference. 😂Also, the end result looks dope as hell.
@olekanuriel93596 ай бұрын
I was looking for this comment. Found you potterhead
@ICECREAMMMM_6 ай бұрын
Same😂😂😂
@TH3L3G3ND6 ай бұрын
😭😂
@maryzinda51032 ай бұрын
Harry Potter fans are summoned
@bladehoon2 ай бұрын
womp womp
@jamesmarkcabral33103 ай бұрын
I get a strange feeling of melancholy after carving into a strange piece of wood from time to time , it's great that you are having a good time .
@dariocarafa37882 ай бұрын
You're like that friend that gets into cooking and wants everyone to constantly try your new creations but no one has the heart to tell you that they just don't taste that good
@casperrabbit72549 ай бұрын
Man this channel makes me wanna get into woodworking so I can go out and find some gnarly old trash wood and shape it up into a cool vase 😆
@LoriPeace9 ай бұрын
Same!
@Justinthetrees9 ай бұрын
DO IT
@joannehaskew5398Ай бұрын
Oh my goodness that is so beautiful!❤
@sprinkle1943Ай бұрын
I done woodwork at school and my hands nearly got obliterated using the lathe, it’s so scary 😭
@Can_Head9 ай бұрын
a single tree is more beautiful than any poem
@ToddiGreat-le2qu8 ай бұрын
You'll probably never see a poem as lovely as a tree. I think , anyway.
@ZeldaOtaku18 ай бұрын
You'll probably never seen a really lovely tree. I think , anyway@@ToddiGreat-le2qu
@ToddiGreat-le2qu8 ай бұрын
@@ZeldaOtaku1 huh ?
@ToddiGreat-le2qu8 ай бұрын
@@ZeldaOtaku1 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. A tree upon.......
@ZeldaOtaku18 ай бұрын
oh I'm sorry boss I thought you were saying that poems were lovelier than trees. My mistake @@ToddiGreat-le2qu
@walkerschlott45189 ай бұрын
Very cool piece of wood. Pollarding is reminiscent of how you would prune for bonsai. You let branches grow and thicken to thicken up the trunk and then chop them off and have finer branches and then continue the process until you get a lot of taper from trunk to branch tip.
@skeleton_craftGaming5 ай бұрын
That is one of the most constructive ways to destress
@nandisaand5287Ай бұрын
Pollarding is what you call it when you cut it back around 5-6 feet (which is above deer browsing height). When you cut it close to the ground, it called "coppicing"
@patriciaroberts10348 ай бұрын
This is absolutely gorgeous. I love it very unique look
@hatehypocrisy17 ай бұрын
you must be joking
@stephenroot10129 ай бұрын
I just learned of the process recently. My understanding is that willow branches are a popular choice to use for wicker and basket weaving. So they harvest the branches for that on a regular basis. It was on the Low Tech magazine website.
@KatjaKiev8 ай бұрын
Also a way to protect young sprouts from grazing animals without fencing.
@valbain209Ай бұрын
You're a brilliant artist! 😧 So beautiful.
@Anita-kАй бұрын
Ngl, this looks absolutely amazing and it's unique. ❤
@evancooper58859 ай бұрын
Always love watching your videos. Wonderful work!
@anthonycarlos17638 ай бұрын
Have you looked into how traditional wooden chess sets are made? Might be a fun and challenging project
@hazydor63688 ай бұрын
💯
@sunny-ml9zm3 ай бұрын
Pollarding! What a great word. I will try and remember it!
@iprainwater1086 ай бұрын
That is beautiful dude. You have a gift. You're gifted.
@IfonlyIwassmaller2 ай бұрын
Cool man! Thank you! Also, that looks gorgeous.
@adventurehippie05148 ай бұрын
Omg!!!! That's is beautiful with some fern and baby breath .ohh goodness wat a beautiful piece of art. Thank you for sharing
@ashleynicole45459 ай бұрын
I absolutely love watching you! Not only do i learn some pretty cool stuff, but i also get to see you create some beautiful creations!
@mszavihal3897Ай бұрын
Grain Minecraft sent me
@marcorubbianifontanaАй бұрын
Same
@thegrimghoulАй бұрын
I love ya justin, you make some of the best content here
@emmaaberdeen25159 ай бұрын
When I came across your account I was fascinated, and then you taught us “chatoyancy”. Ever since I’ve been telling everyone I know what it is when I see it. So cool to be taught something and teach someone else about it too!
@staind.raindrop9 ай бұрын
This is the first thing I've seen from this creator, so it sounded like bizarre jibberish when he said, "Pollarding chatoyancyyyy" in that slow-mo echo effect. I was so confused, but your comment just taught me "chatoyancy" by giving me a spelling to google, and redeemed the entire short in my mind, so thanks!
@Leave_Me_Alone_PPL9 ай бұрын
That vase looks like its either going to scream its lungs out if I don’t put it in new soil, or decide if I belong in Gryffindor or Slytherin.
@anniee54874 ай бұрын
my hometown is known for having pollarded willows all along the beach and country roads. its really beautiful, im really fond of them
@bback4078Ай бұрын
My grandparents always pollarded their front row of trees. Thing brings back memories for sure!
@lukearts29549 ай бұрын
Fun fact: I live in an area that is historically known for pollarding, Flanders. And the Flemish word for a pollard is "knot", so we call it knotting... Seems pretty appropriate, wouldn't you agree? We got tons and tons of pieces like that lying around rotting away for multiple reasons. Reason 1: it's unusable as construction wood or as cutting Reason 2: it's crap to split, and even if you can split it, it stacks like dung, so it's really not appreciated as firewood _especially_ because the rest of the tree has such perfect wood with long straight grain that splits and stacks like a dream, so you're really not going to waste all your time on a cut-off from a pollard. (or a whole pollard if the tree got over 500 years and outlived its viability) But now this gets interesting: Reason 3: environmental reasons! Pollards are known to become microbiotopes hosting dozens to 100+ species that live in just a few cycles with each other. Fungus, moss, herbs, even bushes, insects, birds (nests and all), rodents, lizards, amphibious creatures (puddles can form inside the pollard and stay wet for weeks through a dry spell), predators (tree martens LOVE pollard willows),... Leaving the cut pollard on site keeps all these species on site as well, so they can migrate to nearby pollards or populate the new pollard as it forms... (the pollard seen in this video is likely from a 10 year old fresh pollard that was reset. When they are around this diameter, they need to be reset below the pollard to avoid the tree suffocating itself in the crown. This widens the reach of the branches and opens up the crown allowing for a lot more places to sprout new branches. Pollard willows are a source of materials that can be used for a wide variety of purposes, from firewood and charcoal for blacksmiths, to furniture, fencing, and even baskets, and greenery scaffolds. I personally grow them for art.
@susanmcmasterson9568 ай бұрын
Very cool. Is there a way that I could see the art that you create? Can you add a link?
@lukearts29548 ай бұрын
@@susanmcmasterson956 unfortunately I don't have any digital portfolio... But there are some horticulturists who do similar things, I'll grab a link for you :)
@lukearts29548 ай бұрын
@@susanmcmasterson956 I've been working on larger projects than this one too. The downside is it takes many years before you actually get to see roughly what the intended structure will be. And if something comes up that interrupts the work, it can all be lost. I have lost a couple of my projects when I had a car accident that landed me in hospital for 7.5 months and unable to do the required work for the next 2 years... I had to give up on those projects. The biggest one I'm working on, is an actual house (something between a shed, a workshop and a teepee - the accident also caused issues with this project, but I was able to redesign the plans and go on from what it had grown into). The roof should be done in about 10 years. From there I can grow additional floors... When manipulating willow, you can just add genetically identical trunks by planting cuttings, and when scraping the bark on the spots where the woven branches touch, they graft and become one living organism. The advantage is that when something happens and a trunk dies, you can just replace it by a new one and let it grow into the existing structure. Shaping growth and manipulating where branches grow is very well explained on the channel @Skillcult who uses his knowledge and techniques to create interesting fruit trees that bear various kinds of fruit on a single tree and make them easier to maintain and harvest. There are so many things we can do with trees that so little people know about and even less people actually use. The techniques that I use are mostly used for organic playgrounds for children, which is a great application. But I would like to create both functional and esthetically pleasing organisms. And there is no building permit required, because we're talking about shaping a bush or a tree. My ultimate dream is to make a sustainable home with an integrated living scaffold. It does require revising "normal" expectations, though. Floors would never be even, so furniture should be adjustable movable or flexible, or even living as well. Lots of hanging applications and tensegrity are used in my design. I'm struggling a little with finding a sustainable solution for consistent insulation, because I want it to not interfere with the continuous growth of the scaffold, yet be integrally tight/sealed. So what I do is a little bit in between construction, architecture, arborism and art. I know for a fact that I will not live long enough to fully see my ideas realized, but that doesn't hold me back in developing them further :))
@lukearts29548 ай бұрын
@@susanmcmasterson956 that longer message was a comment that followed the link I posted. Unfortunately it already got removed. So I'm going to try and write it in such a way that it'll stay up, but you might have to edit it in the address bar... (like I will write "dot" where you'll have to put an actual "." )
@OisinC.D9 ай бұрын
thank you for your knowledge magical tree man
@KristianElliot-c1g5 күн бұрын
I am honestly shocked. I love your videos and I subscribed and I liked.
@arjenlaan41037 ай бұрын
A good reason for pollarding is that you will have a short tree with long roots. It's almost like rebar for the soil, and good practice to strengthen dikes/levees.
@LoafOfTurtle9 ай бұрын
“look at these knots!” Me, a furry forgetting what the video was about
@russia_is_fucking_trash9 ай бұрын
Please explain to me, a normal person, what the fuck does "knot" mean to you people?
@enderdrane9 ай бұрын
This poor guy will search up what knotting means in furry slang, and will have one hell of a rude awakening.
@lowercase.9 ай бұрын
i scrolled far too long for a comment like this
@RafaleTsuri9 ай бұрын
lmao as a furry i get the feeling
@russia_is_fucking_trash9 ай бұрын
@@enderdrane You know what - I'm not even going to bother doing that. You deviant bastards.
@dotcassilles14889 ай бұрын
Pollarding is also done to provide food for sheep, cattle, goats or other animals in times of drought. Trees may also look like this if they are cut back from powerlines to make sure they don't create a fire. Blessings from South Eastern Australia, Dot
@cbygelightbulb8 ай бұрын
It was also done to provide a good source of young branches for wicker weaving
@Just_Call_Me_TimАй бұрын
I’d love to have a lamp base made from something like this. Imagine the warmth it would give off!
@MisterPeels20 күн бұрын
putting a branch in a tree vase is like putting a gingerbread man in a gingerbread house
@robinandbiscuit16839 ай бұрын
Beautiful!! 😊 ❤
@pstew53098 ай бұрын
Wow. That piece of wood will definitely be functional for anything. Thank goodness you brought it to its full glory.
@DoobieKeebler7 ай бұрын
Reminds my of my grandma's old house. Miss the house & miss her too.