Richard Reames is an American nurseryman and author based in Williams, Oregon, where he owns and manages a nursery, and design studio collectively named Arborsmith Studios.[61][62] He was inspired by the works of Axel Erlandson,[3]:150[4]:16[63] and began sculpting trees in 1991[64] or 1992.[33] He began his first experimental grown chairs [17]:57 in the spring of 1993.[17]:85