User:Blackash/John Krubsack

John Krubsack (1858–1941) conceived, planted and shaped a "living chair", a growing tree shaped like a chair. Krubsack was a banker and farmer from Embarrass, Wisconsin, United States, who started growing the tree in 1903, dubbing it "the chair that grew".

Biography
Krubsack, of Embarrass, Wisconsin, was a man with many different talents. He made cheese, did farming and his property was landscaped, as well as being the first to have running water in the area. He enjoyed creating rustic furniture. Which lead to his hobby of growing a chair. His "living chair" was realized in 1914 along the way he pioneered shaping with living trees.

Process of tree shaping
John Krubsack's chair was created by shaping trees while they were growing. In 1903 he was the first to do tree shaping in the United States.

John Krubsck's chair was harvested in 1914. A year later is displayed at the International Exposition Panama-pacific World's fair 1915. Robert Ripley featured the horticultural chair in his syndicated newspaper column titled believe it or not. John Krubsack was offered $5000 for his chair. He chose instead to keep the chair and put it on display at Noritage Furniture The chair spent many years inside a display case of Noritage Furniture. Once the company was closed down, the chair was retained by Dennis Krubsack.



History of the chair on show

 * 1915 at the world's Fair
 * Ripley's Believe It or Not column
 * feature in film of how it was created (find out name of said film)
 * On display at furniture store.