Angkor Wat... Anyone Else Been?

[teejay]

I found it inspiring:

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Still early days. Trimmed it, wrapped it and buried it again.

(Trident Maple)

[jamo]

Not Angkor Wat, but Ayuthaya in Thailand, where there is a famous buddha head wrapped in roots.

[teejay]

ha... yeah I've seen that one too, but Angkor Wat takes the cake for root wrapped statues trust me.

[Tony Bebb]

Why

Because we can.

[vgarth]

Looking fantastic, what a good idea! We all want to see it after another year's growth.

[Rintar]

Does anyone know were to purchase decent fair priced statues like that

[Andrew F]

I found it inspiring:

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Still early days. Trimmed it, wrapped it and buried it again.

(Trident Maple)

Looks great.

[teejay]

Thanks guys, will show after another year.

Rintar, I actually bought this statue in Cambodia about 7 years ago, I hope it doesn't fall apart on me! We'll see. I don't know where you can get them here but I'm sure you could somewhere.

Cheers

[Rintar]

thanks teejay good luck with it not falling apart and nice work so far

[bonsaiarmy]

Yeah I've been to the temples of Ankgor...Hate to be a stickler, but you mean Ta Phrom right? That's the temple with all the root-over-rock trees, not Angkor Wat. But yeah, it blew my mind. That's some cool inspiration you took away from it, looking forward to seeing more pics

[teejay]

Yes I mean Ta Phrom. If I'd said Ta Phrom though, I'm sure fewer people would have known what I was talking about hence referring to Angkor Wat, the most famous of the temples.

If you wanna be more of a stickler, Ta Phrom, from my memory, doesn't have statues like the one I used... so there...

[BonsaiElmo]

Hey TeeJay love what you are attempting here, think it will look great. I have been thinking about doing a similar thing with a Buddha sculpture myself. Even if the sculpture breaks apart it will look more like the broken up temples that inspired you.

I was over in Cambodia in January - the temples with overgrown trees just blew me away the whole area did actually, but especially where nature had taken over. I really appreciate that whilst they have restored many of the temples they have maintained some in their reclaimed vegetative states.

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[jesseb05]

I've been to Angkor Wat. It sure is amazing. Ficus are my favorite species for bonsai so Siem Reip was full of inspirational trees. I'd love to return to Cambodia someday.

[teejay]

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This tree today. There's been some ups and downs but a few more years and I hope it's looking good


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[teejay]

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And again. More clothes.


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