Not a toadstool (Image: M. Ross Luebe)
This is certain to be the most-talked about item of furniture you ever own. To celebrate 快猫短视频鈥榮 gift issue, one lucky reader will win a beautiful stool made by artist Philip Ross from the reishi mushroom.
To throw your hat into the ring, fill out the entry form. Please add 鈥淗oliday gift competition鈥� as your message. Please don鈥檛 try to enter by leaving a comment on this page 鈥� click the entry form link to enter.
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Only subscribers and registered users are eligible to win, so be sure to log in or register before you enter. Registration is free and no purchase is necessary. The competition closes at 18:00 GMT on 12 December 2013 and one prize of The Workshop Residence鈥檚 fungal stool will be awarded to the winner, chosen at random from all entries. Full terms and conditions are below.
Read our interview with the stool鈥檚 maker, Philip Ross: 鈥�Moulding fungal furniture the (un)natural way鈥�.
Ross, an , says he 鈥渏ust allows these 鈥榤onstrosities鈥� to emerge鈥�. However, his incredibly beautiful chairs, footstools and tables will withstand weight, falls and a fair bit of fire or water before they degrade. Fungal furniture outlasts everyday wares easily, Ross says.
Fear not, his rot is not a danger to your living room. Once a piece has developed to his liking, Ross kills the fungus in a 67聽掳C oven and coats it with a biodegradable lacquer. That means the finished furniture is dead and spores to spread it no longer form.
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3. Every entrant will be entered into a draw to win The Workshop Residence鈥檚 fungal stool. The prize cannot be exchanged.
4. Only one entry is permitted per person. No purchase is necessary.
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When this article was first published, the terms and conditions mistakenly stated that the prize was 鈥渁ll the books on featured on this page鈥�. This has now been corrected 鈥� the prize is the fungal stool mentioned in the main text.