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Didnt expect that, what's the plan for this one from here Craig?

Cheers guys,

Wow !! .....so there goes XMAS

Certainly not where I thought you'd go!!!
I do like the path you've taken with it.
Good luck with it.

Andrew

I saw this post when you first posted and thought, where is he going to go with this Well that way was not even in my thinking but I like it It just goes to show what one person sees is not always what others will. That is what I love about this site, it takes you on journeys you wouldn't normally take. Will be following this with interest as there is a nursey near by with some similar plants I looked at but just couldn't find were to go with it. Thankyou craig for the inspiration to have a go.

Josh

Thanks, still so many differing ways i could take this tree , with one main branch im still undecided.

Good on you Josh, with a straight trunk you still have many ,many options. To a beginner it seems to much to deal with but as time goes by and you feel more comfortable with what you're doing it becomes a little easier.

You must remember that a tree can take "any" form you wish it to. Meaning a tree, any tree , can grow in any shape , style or form you can think of- what needs to be considererd are the trees "growth habits". Once an understanding of the Bonsai styling guidelines are understood , then you can be more free with trunk designs, branch positioning etc.

In short, A tree trained for bonsai does not need to strictly look like an everyday tree.

Nice one Craig !!

Oddly enough I did a similar thing with a black pine at Jonden`s yesterday !!

Pics will follow for those who might be interested.

Paul C

Hi everyone,

early days for this project, but hope to see this one progress nicely.

A little more wiring, some detail on the jin, and a good feed will help things along.

Hope you enjoyed doing your tree as much as I did Craig ?

There is something very satisfying about using power tools on a tree !!


Paul C.

Hi Craig and very nice work
I have a seen a Pic of a tree by walter pall I think? a few years ago of a Pine that was don in a similar style, but have not been able to find the pic again

It was a straight trunk with just one foliage mass and the top was jinned and carved. Looked like a solitary tree that had the top died off.
I had a collected bine that I was doing in this style but it died off due to Lime sulphur leaching off the trunk during watering

Ken

nice one Paul!!. looks really good mate, reminds me some of these trees from W.P.
Yeak i was just saying on my blog that it's a wonderful feeling when chopping branches off

W.P- gallery- http://walter-pall.de/c01conifers.jpg.dir/index.html

cheers Ken, too bad on the pine,maybe tone down(use less) on the L.S as i have never had it running from the tree with watering. you had best try again eh.

That looked like my kind of fun, nothing better than reducing a tree to its essence...

Great start to a very evocative design, look forward to seeing how you handle the remaining foliage.

Matt

Good transformation of very unpromising material. I have to admit I couldn't see, even in your last pic, where you were heading, but the last virt makes a lot of sense. Would you consider reducing the length of the shari and the right jin, so the contrast between the foliage mass and the straight trunk wasn't quite so stark? Very useful progression, thanks for posting.

Gavin