AusBonsai

Hi
I went big with this wild olive. It is probably 1.3m tall.
I cut it quite high to max out on carving options etc...
I'm super new to this...
Bring on the advice... Ideas?

Hi there keep it BIG the trunk can handle the hight i did a quick virt to show what i would be looking at doing from the new leader up i would carve an make it white because the dark trunk an green foliage it would look great whish i found it but i already have my monsters

Thanks for advice and pic. Too excited for her to shoot...

Stop diggin mames and find some real olives!

Nice find. Ask yourself the question: Where does the trunk stop being interesting? ONce you answer that, you've taken the first step in the right direction. That's one thick beasty, so you have to bear this in mind when you decide how to style it. The one down-side of these big trees is the step between trunk thickness and primary branch thickness. Think about that when you think about it's design.

Before you do the big chop, then carve it till it looks like a bomb crater (what I callgrenade-styled olives), take some inspiration from this tree:
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