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A tree fork is already a joint
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workRawTimber (Kevin Moreno Gata, Timo Van Meensel), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlResearch cited
Other sources
- a broken bone in a cast atrophies) openstax.org
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A long bench made of charred, forked tree limbs on black blocks, with a sitter blurred by motionPhoto: Kevin Moreno GataMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- Close view of one end of the bench: a dark charred branch that splits into a fork, resting on a black blockPhoto: Kevin Moreno GataMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Diagram of a Y-shaped tree fork: winding, interlocking grain at the apex where the branches meet, straighter grain in the stem belowImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Slater D, Bradley RS, Withers PJ, Ennos AR, The anatomy and grain pattern in forks of hazel (Corylus avellana L.) and other tree species, Trees 28, 1437 to 1448 (2014), (abstract via Crossref, read 28 Oct 2026: where two branches of similar diameter join, an interlocking wood grain pattern forms at the apex of the bifurcation, which provides higher tensile strength to the junction)Museum or journal record
- Slide 4
- Diagram with two boxes: more mechanical stress, bone lays down mineral salts and collagen and grows thicker; less stress, bone loses them and weakensImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 6.6, Exercise, Nutrition, Hormones, and Bone Tissue (mechanical stress stimulates the deposition of mineral salts and collagen fibers; lack of mechanical stress causes bones to lose mineral salts and collagen fibers, and thus strength; a broken bone in a cast atrophies), read 28 Oct 2026Museum or journal record
- Slide 5
- The other end of the bench: a charred forked limb standing on two black blocks on a gray floorPhoto: Kevin Moreno GataMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Wooden plane from 1764 with some carving, Rijksmuseum (BK-NM-5870)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record