Saturday, May 4, 2013
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Fagus silvatica, first wiring, same wooden temporary pot
First serious wiring. Big tree, painful fingers. Tree remains in a wooden box...it will be shame to loose a strong growth force after few years in a same wooden box...better to channel it to the crown construction. Next year, bonsai pot.
I will put new photos in a week or two when the tree will be in leaf.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Complicated tree - "Octopus" update winter 2013.
I have hard time with this tree. It is so unusual and wild that it's hard to tame it and confine it to some design stereotype. In one moment I hate it, seconds later I love it because of that.
Now, when I look at the photos, I am thinking that wired branches make too tidy arangement not suitable for wild nature of this...well ...creation?!
Ok. Now, I will let it go wild again. Maybe, this will be the last wiring of this...thing.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
VIDEO: Collecting 2013/I
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Just having some fun with my brother and Chajko on a first collecting trip 2013.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Not so easy one? Which side is best...if there is such side?
This is problematic tree, and really, not a favourite one. It gives me trouble for a few years. Where the front side should be? From which angle is best to look and to think about possible future design?
If somebody has suggestions...you are most welcome.
In the meantime I will clean and wire branch structure to make decisions more clear...more obvious.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Acer campestre - new material
Acer campestre - new material. I thought the tree was smaller when I saw it on a collection site...but, it turned out to be a very large stump. Trunk is hollow, but seems very healthy with good calousing over all wounds. Now, potted, looks like this tree has an inverted taper and that it's thinner approaching nebari but that's not true. Nebari is very good and wide...almost like a box in which it's planted. Now, covered with substrate, looks like tree has inverted taper problem.
The only problem regarding this tree is size. I thought I won't collect any more trees that are so big but, it seems ..it's not working.
At the end, I am very happy with this finding because I know that Acer campestre is not so easy to find in form of a good and interesting bonsai starter material. And this one is good.
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