gday guys
i agree with bodhi, admire for what it is, also craig you bring up a good point, why do we have to conform to having figs styled like figs? or pines like pines? a lot of people start out making trees all like a traditional informal uright pine, im not saying do that but i am saying that there shouldnt be these invisible boundries that state its a fig, why has it been styled like a pine or a cedar, my sort of response is why not? if i can style a fig like a old pine or cedar and it will work, i will, especially coming from an area that cedar dont like to much i have to re create and use imagination with the trees that do well up here, and if that calls for a fig to be styled that way, why not?
i konw there are the traditionalists out there that will say it is a bit rediculous i think turning a blind eye to a tree that has been styled like a different species would be is just a little stubborn, to turn a blind eye to a great tree because traditionalists and conformists say its not right, should i cut the branches off and rebuild? no, i admire it for what it is and what i have, to spend the time and effort on this fig that has gone into just shows your development over the years as you gain more time and experience the tree will change with you even if it is only subtle or possibly a major over haul, the art is in the creator and working with a living changing medium is always challanging.
sorry for the rant guys
jamie
The asians have been styling figs like this for ever. Bodhi & Chris do you think the branches on those trees i posted were put on yesterday because the fashion changed. Na i dont think so... 
taking the top half of trees of since 2005! 
