and come and massage my thighs....
Not quite bonsai
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treeman
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Re: Not quite bonsai
Some more ideas using natural branches as a foundation or and idea for alternative ways of building them.
Loading these was a bit of a problem ...ignore the last 2 attachments. I hope it gives an idea about how we might go about thinking outside the box. This structure would probably never be thought of normally ( in most cases the lower part or the higher part would be cut off without thinking about it) but I think you would agree that it works. It's all about imagination and extrapolating an idea into the future. This could be looked at as one branch or a whole tree in the cascade style.
1/ This was a dead branch on a pine tree down the road..
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2/ The main structure outlined...
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3/ background removed and ''pruned''.(cleaned up) Without needles obviously
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4/ Top part cut back and bottom part encouraged.....
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5/ A few more years... ..................................................................................
7/ With needles....
Loading these was a bit of a problem ...ignore the last 2 attachments. I hope it gives an idea about how we might go about thinking outside the box. This structure would probably never be thought of normally ( in most cases the lower part or the higher part would be cut off without thinking about it) but I think you would agree that it works. It's all about imagination and extrapolating an idea into the future. This could be looked at as one branch or a whole tree in the cascade style.
1/ This was a dead branch on a pine tree down the road..
........................................................................
2/ The main structure outlined...
...........................................................................
3/ background removed and ''pruned''.(cleaned up) Without needles obviously
.............................................................................
4/ Top part cut back and bottom part encouraged.....
...............................................................................
5/ A few more years... ..................................................................................
7/ With needles....
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Mike
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MJL
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Re: Not quite bonsai
Somehow I missed this last post by Mike. It's insightful and helpful. I mentioned earlier that I want to explore these techniques as I am 'new' to pines, I don't have much to 'unlearn' but I have plenty to learn. Stuff like this really helps. Thank You.
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