I make bent wood frames as part of my art by bending and gluing together thin strips of wood. I apply the same technique to building my one of a kind trellises and sculptural garden art. The trellises are made of thin bendable cedar strips glued together with exterior wood glue. The pieces are sanded and then stained or painted. I first design a customized piece on a 3D program to get a good visual of it before I start.

An example of building the frame for an art piece

Gluing cedar wood strips for the frame of an arch

3D design idea

Preassembling an arch trellis in my yard.

Installed trellis stained and set in concrete.

 

A wall trellis I custom built for a client who saw my arch trellis design