Help with swamp cypress

[gidja]

Hi, I've been looking in here for a while but have never posted before. I came by a swamp cypress stump a couple of years ago and have been stumped as to what (if anything) I could do with it styling wise. I'm not overly attached to traditional design criteria with this. I've searched for pictures of the tree in nature and in bonsai form but have not yet found any ideas. Any ideas gratefully received.

[gidja]

I'm still trying to work out what happened to the pictures I thought I'd uploaded....

[gidja]

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At last!

[gidja]

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One post at a time..

[gidja]

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Getting there

[gidja]

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Been watching this for a few seasons now and it doesn't look like anything is going to grow on the main trunk/stump so maybe carving as a solution? I'm actually a wood Carver in the "real world" so that shouldn't be a problem.

[Guy]

Been watching this for a few seasons now and it doesn't look like anything is going to grow on the main trunk/stump so maybe carving as a solution? I'm actually a wood Carver in the "real world" so that shouldn't be a problem. [/quote]



a bonsai totem pole

[time8theuniverse]

To me there seems like a lot of redwoods which start of as totem poles but with some carving they can be really interesting. So +1 for carving this tree. There is a good looking base and some movement in the trunk above it with the old trunk leaning away from the new growth. So the story I would tell would be that the top of the tree had snapped off in a storm and multiple trunks had emerged to replace it. Which would look like a jaggered carving at the top with the bark stripped down the trunk and the new growth leaning away from old trunk into the New light gap.

[gidja]

Thanks heaps for that advise... Something along these lines?

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[Elmar]

And a new tree is born! This will be interesting to watch...


Cheers
EZ
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[time8theuniverse]

Something like that. Maybe with some exposed dead wood above the bark as well to give you some more area of interest to carve.

But you seems to have a good idea of where to go with it.

[gidja]

Thanks heaps! Will keep progress shots and post updates.