Gavin Munro and his wife are realizing his lifelong dream, taking about 10 years and painstaking effort for each chair.

A British couple grows stunning wooden chairs directly from living trees, sculpting them over nine years into organic, elvish masterpieces of living art.

All wooden chairs start as trees — plants that grow for years before being cut down and turned into pieces that are then meticulously crafted into chairs. And although each tree started unique and ...