'sheaves' by steven banken at biesbosch national park in the
netherlands, the act of cutting reed and willow shoots and
bundling them just before winter is an annual event, making it a
natural area for supply material. instead of letting the brush
just decay, dutch designer steven banken's reintroduces these
sheaves into nature as furniture pieces, whereby he has
developed a simple stainless steel metal clamping bracket to
hold bunches of the raw material together, forming bench
seating, that is modifiable in length depending on how the reeds
are cut. this gives the dried plant new life, a minimal
intervention that brings the reeds back into the environment as
outdoor seating in the summer. simple metal brackets are used to
hold the raw material together one of today's biesbosch reed
cutters (left) and shots of the excessive growth of the plant at
the national park