boom64 wrote:Fantastic looking Trees on display ,have been enjoying them all .Eagerly looking forward to Gerards photo presentation.
Have been studying the big Kunnzea demo tree and something just does not sit right with me. Great thick gnarly trunk ,plenty of nice straight deadwood, splayed out branches ,however I find the apex a little strange. A tight bend and a pullover with a nice rounded dome. In my opinion it does not suit the style of the Tree . Maybe different in the real .
Cheers John.
Hey John,
I attended the Saturday session only. The two main demo trees on that day are yet to be shown on this thread. In truth, I was too interested watching and listening to the engaging discussion and byplay between Ryan and Hugh to bother with photos. What I will say is that those two Kunzea ended up quite beautiful and I learned a lot watching. I hope the photos do them justice when they are posted.
I believe, the tree you note above was a the final tree demo'd - late in the arvo on Saturday and it may have been worked on Sunday too - not sure. I reckon the final aesthetic may end up looking like this Juniper below.
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Please note: I am not saying that it is great or right to copy this Juniper above - clearly, Kunzeas are not Junipers - rather I am saying that the tree in question looked quite attractive in the flesh and I could see where the design was headed. I found the design exciting albeit different in approach.
I'll be interested when the better images when they are uploaded in due course.
I've never visited a conference like this (for Bonsai) so it was all pretty cool for me.
Suffice to say that I'd recommend anyone interested in this hobby to attend such a conference in future. Excellent on a number of levels.
Cheers,
Mark
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