AusBonsai

This is by far my favorite part of this hobby put some work into this cedar last weekend... It has some good age to it..

Always keen on opinions, needs refining and the apex is a little shabby..

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After

Looks good.
Some moss or nice topsoil and a better photo with clean background will further compliment your good work.

Nice start and rework.

Did you under cut the branches that you bent down? I have never been able to get the branches to stay where I want them on Cedar.

Is the chalk at the front a proposed shari? I'd give it a couple of seasons of refinement before putting that into it, I think it could be nice without it.

Maybe along the lines of Boon's Blue Atlas?

Thanks for the comments guys.

I cracked most branches while bending, I think the Shari will be needed as it provides the illusion of taper..

Scott thanks that's a great example of what I would like to achieve..

Cheers Boics will post some photo post repot..

Hi,

Nice start, if you do decide to go ahead with the Shari keep in mind that it Needs to Have reason. With a Shari generally starting from a broken limb, broken Apex and travelling downwards as if the branck/apex took a slice of live tissue and pulled it down , stripping the bark etc to eventually leave a deadwood Shari.Adding movement to Shari can also help disguise taper .
If a shari starts at the bottom it still deserves reason for being there, be that it was burnt out from fire, an area of roots died and caused an upwards shari of the trunk or maybe the trunk was split from a major event and opened up(split apart) which caused the upwards shari which continues to force itself skywards because of the imense pressure now at it's base from the Split. Food for design though. cheers.