no carve japanese maple
Posted: May 16th, 2018, 7:03 pm
hey folks,
so about 4 years ago i picked up this maple stump because it had a thick trunk, i think thats probably all that drew me to it. It also had some very heavy pruning scars from prior chops but in my infinite naivety I just assumed they would one day cease to be an issue.
Over the last 4 years I think I have pruned it once or twice, and done some very basic root work, and I think i slight angle change.
This year I planned on doing a little bit more and maybe cutting it back as I had decided it would make a good sumo style smaller tree (even though Japanese maples arent typically styled this way) so today I thought I better at least get the weeds out of the grow pot,
To my delight, i noticed that there was a significant amount of rot in the old cut wounds, and after nothing more that poking it out with some heavy wire, here's the tree
the other side of the top hole (uro), this will be carved further in time
and what I think will be the front
Anyway I thought it was pretty cool, and it's certainly turned a flaw into a feature in a more convincing way than I think i could have managed
so about 4 years ago i picked up this maple stump because it had a thick trunk, i think thats probably all that drew me to it. It also had some very heavy pruning scars from prior chops but in my infinite naivety I just assumed they would one day cease to be an issue.
Over the last 4 years I think I have pruned it once or twice, and done some very basic root work, and I think i slight angle change.
This year I planned on doing a little bit more and maybe cutting it back as I had decided it would make a good sumo style smaller tree (even though Japanese maples arent typically styled this way) so today I thought I better at least get the weeds out of the grow pot,
To my delight, i noticed that there was a significant amount of rot in the old cut wounds, and after nothing more that poking it out with some heavy wire, here's the tree
the other side of the top hole (uro), this will be carved further in time
and what I think will be the front
Anyway I thought it was pretty cool, and it's certainly turned a flaw into a feature in a more convincing way than I think i could have managed