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Re: Workshop Material
Hi Peter
I have very much enjoyed this thread and the final outcome.
Am going to my first workshop on the 14th Aug with Peter and have been wondering what plant to take and what to expect.
Thanks
Fiona
I have very much enjoyed this thread and the final outcome.
Am going to my first workshop on the 14th Aug with Peter and have been wondering what plant to take and what to expect.
Thanks
Fiona
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Re: Workshop Material
Thanks Peter,
Nice result, I would encourage others to take some "before" pictures and post them on Ausbonsai.
When a visiting artist first sees your tree he will often ask what your ideas are for the future of the tree. Some people will expect a drastic chop while others would be horrified. There are usually more than one option for future styling not just right or wrong.
People should go into a workshop with a plan, if the guest artist helps you choose a better plan that is great but those who wish to learn will consider different options before being told what to do.
Nice result, I would encourage others to take some "before" pictures and post them on Ausbonsai.
When a visiting artist first sees your tree he will often ask what your ideas are for the future of the tree. Some people will expect a drastic chop while others would be horrified. There are usually more than one option for future styling not just right or wrong.
People should go into a workshop with a plan, if the guest artist helps you choose a better plan that is great but those who wish to learn will consider different options before being told what to do.
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Re: Workshop Material
nice result champ!!!!
like it but still unsure bout the little trunk. did you take the juni??? keen to see that!!!!
like it but still unsure bout the little trunk. did you take the juni??? keen to see that!!!!
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Re: Workshop Material
Update,
Peter Adams spin on the tree. I hope it ends up close to the drawings.
Peter Adams spin on the tree. I hope it ends up close to the drawings.
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Re: Workshop Material
Peter by looking at the material you have, I don't think this composition is too far from achieving. Great pics to help guide you!
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Re: Workshop Material
Very nice pics Peter
You will have this image for real in very short time
Ken
You will have this image for real in very short time
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Re: Workshop Material
This is the first bit of work I have done on this tree since the workshop besides the repot into a training pot.I have a oval PK pot selected for the final potting.
You may notice that the jin on top has disappeared,a decision I regret. A result of a rush of blood to the brain.
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You may notice that the jin on top has disappeared,a decision I regret. A result of a rush of blood to the brain.
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Re: Workshop Material
Update,
Did some work on it today. Still isn't in the round pot Peter had suggested. Getting close the Peters image.
Regards,
Peter
Did some work on it today. Still isn't in the round pot Peter had suggested. Getting close the Peters image.
Regards,
Peter
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I have not been sure of which variety of spruce this is. I have been told it was a Norway spruce but after looking at one on a recent post and checking them out at Bunnings it is looking more like a Japanese spruce. Thank you Albury.
Regards,
Peter
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Re: Workshop Material
Lovely stuff Peter.
Looks very much like the drawings to me.
A job very well done - it's bulked up nicely.
Looks very much like the drawings to me.
A job very well done - it's bulked up nicely.
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Did some thinning out today and am happy with the needle reduction. Wire has been on for 2 years now and will probably say for another year. Very slow growing tree. I think it is a Sakhalin Spruce.
Kind Regards ,
Peter
Kind Regards ,
Peter
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Re: Workshop Material
Coming back to this tree because it is wonderful... the bottom and top jins work together and somehow draw my eye into the tree and that slender trunk with lovely bark is fantastic. Love it.
I am a tad confused about the species ... Sakhalin Spruce ... I picked this up from BonsaiBark: "Ezo spruce are sometimes referred to as Jezo or Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis or Picea yezoensis) and even Sakhalin spruce, though that’s a really a different species (Picea glenii). Most (or perhaps all) of the specimen quality Ezo bonsai in Japan and most likely in the world, were collected on Sakhalin, an island north of Japan. Prior to WWII the collecting of Ezo was promoted by the late Saburo Kato and his father Tomekichi of Mansei-en. After WWII the island was annexed to Russia and, as far as I know, no collecting has taken place there since then."
So I take it from that the island of Sakhalin contained bot Ezo (jezoensis) and Sakhalin (glenii). As islands go... bl@oody good island if you were hanging around pre-war times!
PeterH - once again, thanks for posting your trees - native or other. Stunning.
I am a tad confused about the species ... Sakhalin Spruce ... I picked this up from BonsaiBark: "Ezo spruce are sometimes referred to as Jezo or Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis or Picea yezoensis) and even Sakhalin spruce, though that’s a really a different species (Picea glenii). Most (or perhaps all) of the specimen quality Ezo bonsai in Japan and most likely in the world, were collected on Sakhalin, an island north of Japan. Prior to WWII the collecting of Ezo was promoted by the late Saburo Kato and his father Tomekichi of Mansei-en. After WWII the island was annexed to Russia and, as far as I know, no collecting has taken place there since then."
So I take it from that the island of Sakhalin contained bot Ezo (jezoensis) and Sakhalin (glenii). As islands go... bl@oody good island if you were hanging around pre-war times!
PeterH - once again, thanks for posting your trees - native or other. Stunning.
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Re: Workshop Material
Hi MJL,
This was one of 2 spruces I bought,both very different in the bark and needles. This one reacted much better than the other spruce(Norway). At the time with my research I suspected that it was an Ezo Spruce.
When I put it into a club show, in its early day of it development, the experts said it was more like the Picea glenii.
I have attached a photo of the tree shortly after the purchase. One of many trees found out the back of house in an old nursery.
Kind Regards,
Peter
This was one of 2 spruces I bought,both very different in the bark and needles. This one reacted much better than the other spruce(Norway). At the time with my research I suspected that it was an Ezo Spruce.
When I put it into a club show, in its early day of it development, the experts said it was more like the Picea glenii.
I have attached a photo of the tree shortly after the purchase. One of many trees found out the back of house in an old nursery.
Kind Regards,
Peter
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Pete
Im surprised it has lasted so long in our Australian summers.
I belive they are even more temperamental then larch......?
Im surprised it has lasted so long in our Australian summers.
I belive they are even more temperamental then larch......?