Pinus Nigra - Nigra -European Black Pine

[alpineart]

This was collected back in Winter 2012

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, basically trimmed by roo's or wallabies including the trunk creating a natural shari

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and grown unhindered into a leggy tree.It has survived collection and the roots are growing out the bottom of the pot

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.Time for a basic wire and needle pluck for a future design

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. No need for neat wiring , the shari was chewed out by the wildlife so i guess wire slapped on will do the job i require .

Cheers Alpineart

[Andrew F]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwesome material mate, wish i could find some nice naturally styled trees.
Loving the twist youve put into it. Keep us updated.

[alpineart]

Hi Andrew F , mate it's fairly ordinary material but the uniqueness is the sub species of Nigra that is very rare up here .The wildlife do a good job on the shari side of things and plenty is available around the hills . Its reasonably old so i had to carve the dead wood out in order to get a bend in there without splitting or separating the bark from the live wood .

I plan to continue the shari to the ground level and further up the trunk so the bends can be enhanced , but it will be slow and steady on this specimen , it would be a shame to kill it now and i can certainly kill them .

Cheers Alpine

[alpineart]

This has had a good workout

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, last night at our club meeting I hacked it back to open up and reveal whats inside

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. Today i put a little bit of effort into the new basic shape

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, not everyone's cuppa but I like the progress . The branches to be jinned will need to be sorted , most likely small stubs rather than curved jins.

Cheers . Alpineart

[Jow]

I like this alpine. Something unusual.

Joe.

[bodhidharma]

I am on the "I'm liking it" team too 15 years down the road when it is refined and fattened up it will look the goods.

[boom64]

Great work Bodhi ,fantastic movement ,you can never have enough bends......Cheers John.

[boom64]

WOOPS sorry Alpine ,long day

[bodhidharma]

WOOPS sorry Alpine ,long day

I hear ya

[alpineart]

HI Jow, mate it is uniquely different but ideal material to work with .

Hi Bodhi , got enough plain Janes around here , time to make a few unusual works with all the older yamadori that been sitting idle for too long . Will slip it into a bigger pot when i can find a vacant one .

Hi boom64 , mate I've been call worse some of the bends need a bit more of a kink in keeping with the trunk , time will tell .

Cheers Guys . Alpine