English Elm 'lamb shank'

[hugh grant]

Here is a collected English elm i purchased as raw collected material in September 2015. This tree has been the most incredible tree to develop! not even 12 months as life as a bonsai and its looking very presentable. the tree was completely wired originally and potted at a new angle the same month i bought it. Nearly all the available branching was utilised to form the framework of the tree, the months following have focused on advancing the ramification and wiring the new growth when leaf drop was occurring a few months ago. i recently potted it again into this slightly smaller to than what it was in to finish off the image for now.

A mate of mine noticed this tree resembled humbly a nice fat old lamb shank (particularly from the left side angle) so he was named so accordingly

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[anthonyW]

"lamb shank" haha,nice work as usual

Anthony

[kez]

Powerful tree Hugh, love it!

[Gerard]

Nice work Hugh, I love the way you embrace things which are very unconventional

[Pearcy001]

Very cool Hugh. How big is it? That trunk looks so chunky!

Cheers,
Pearcy.

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[boom64]

Great Tree, Utilizing what you have is a great skill. Lessons to be learnt. John.

[kvan64]

Looks more like a lamb ... thigh to me but I like it!

[hugh grant]

cheers guys!

Percy its roughly a height of 30cm (lowest point to highest) and width of 45cm. the main chunk is about as big as two fists put together, well my fists anyway, i have biggish hands.

really loving this tree, got another few bits of stock like it I'm looking forward to working too.