[Shane] Japanese Black Pine 1

Shane · Post by **Shane** » March 9th, 2013, 11:37 am

Source: Leftover whip from Don Deluca's demo at the 2012 AABC convention. One of three he did no work on.
Cost: A beer.
Height: 120cm

Again, not sure I'll manage to get this down to 25cm, but Don's demo was about putting crazy bends in pines.

Post by **kcpoole** » March 9th, 2013, 12:44 pm

Now this is going to be fun to watch

Ken

Shane · Post by **Shane** » March 9th, 2013, 1:01 pm

Yep, fun. Given that first kinked bend is about 25cm by itself, I foresee having to repot at a more extreme angle and then bend. :-$

MattA · Post by **MattA** » March 9th, 2013, 3:05 pm

Go for semi or full cascade the only restriction on size is no more than 25cm from top of pot to top of tree

Post by **kcpoole** » March 9th, 2013, 10:41 pm

MattA wrote:Go for semi or full cascade the only restriction on size is no more than 25cm from top of pot to top of tree

Does Shohin have a size limit for a cascade too? eg no more that 25cm Below the rim?

Steven has clarified in the comp thread that the tail on a cascasde can be as long as you like.
Learn something new everyday

Ken

Shane · Post by **Shane** » April 4th, 2013, 10:27 pm

Tonight I've been reminding myself about how extreme bending techniques can be, in preparation for working on this whip.

Found this vid, which might interest you: http://vimeo.com/m/38617272

I'm hoping to not go a semi or full cascade. Instead, I want to put loads of extreme bends and loops. Will keep thinking and get back with my plan soon.

Shane · Post by **Shane** » June 23rd, 2013, 11:27 pm

This evening, having been inspired by watching Mauro Stemberger do his workshops today, I came home and finally took the plunge with starting to style this tree. Mauro suggests that sparky's wire should be used over wet raffia, instead of just the wet raffia, in order to keep the moisture in for the tree's recovery. So I tried that. I didn't hear anything snap.

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lackhand · Post by **lackhand** » June 24th, 2013, 12:04 am

Nice bend with a fairly natural look to it.

At least natural for the mountain pines I grew up with.

I'll have to try the electrical tape over raffia myself, I have some good bending to do pretty soon.

MattA · Post by **MattA** » June 24th, 2013, 5:54 am

Rory · Post by **Rory** » June 24th, 2013, 11:35 am

very nice

Post by **kcpoole** » June 24th, 2013, 2:19 pm

good stuff Shane
We need to do more of the Radical stuff to further our experiences and advertise the fact as well

Ken

Shane · Post by **Shane** » June 25th, 2013, 7:25 am

Last night, Mauro was talking with someone else about extreme bends in JBPs like this (ok, more twisted than this). With a thicker trunk it is important to make sure you keep the gaps between all the twisted parts. Otherwise it ends up visually as a clump in the middle of the tree. Sharis at the extreme curve also will bring your eye to that area. The future of this tree will be wiring the branches into shape and sharis to force the live veins to grow in certain directions to enhance the curves.

davemc · Post by **davemc** » June 25th, 2013, 12:09 pm

Nice work

davemc · Post by **davemc** » July 2nd, 2013, 2:33 pm

Tried this method today works well. Will post pix when I work out how on my phone

Shane · Post by **Shane** » September 28th, 2013, 9:26 pm

Finally set aside time to wire the branches on this one and remove the downward needles. Not sure which front I prefer.

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