Black Hill

[MattA]

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[kcpoole]

Interesting composition.
Are the rocks glued to gether?

Ken

[Psymo]

are you joking?

[Dario]

A very special and significant tree Matt!
Top work mate!
Cheers, Dario.

[Dudzy]

Very interesting, can't wait to see how it turns out

[MattA]

Ken, Built like a cairn without glue or cement, it is solid enough I could take a hammer to it (& I did), over time the roots will bind it all together making it even stronger.

Psymo, Joking about

Dario, Cheers bud

Dudzy, tune in for annual updates

[philf555]

Hi Matt,

A picture portrays a thousand words. Straight away I see the struggle. I see aerials tenaciously clinging to the rock work bringing the two together and further emphasising the fight. Is this the direction you are going in?. Either way great creation mate, looking forward to seeing this one progress.

[MattA]

Philf, Thankyou for putting it so eloquantly, that is precisely what i was hoping to convey. Even in a barren desolte place, life wins out.

Beside the personal significance of the compostion I wanted to combine a couple of inspirations from the wild. The first was a cairn I saw many years ago that looked very similar tho it was a Euc that grew from the top of the mound, there was no way you could remove a single stone without harming the roots. The other was seeing figs growing on a rocky hillside in a rain shadow, the harsh reality of the environment had produced more deadwood that live and the smallest leaves I have ever seen (around 1-2cm inc. stalk).

Matt

[tex048]

HI Matt

i was going to reply to your other post but didnt have the right words to say.

As a person who has stuggled with and knows many people who struggle with depression the significance and honesty of the composition is inspiring, and for me very hopeful.

Thankyou for sharing not just your trees but alitlle of your life as well.

I have felt really uplifted pondering over this planting.

Many thanks

[bodhidharma]

G;day to you Matt. I am happy to see you creating again. I love the rocks you have used but i dont like what it is sitting on. The support or plate i feel should be a slab of stone or slate. For me that would tie it all together.

[MattA]

Tex,
Thankyou so much for your words, to know the composition is appreciated by other than myself means a great deal.

Bodhi,
It is good to be back with my trees & even better to combine it with another passionviewtopic.php?f=3&t=8529

I have a couple of large flat pieces of the same stone but this particular sandstone becomes very fragile when damp, fracturing at the smallest touch. Another consideration was weight, I do have a harder type of sandstone that would have fitted well but at about 80kg plus the 30+kg used in the cairn would make for a hefty lift.

The slab it rests on is from an old table (marble?) I would have prefered a shallow tray or suiban but didn't have one large enough to contain the cairn let alone space for contemplation.

Matt

[Isitangus]

Hi MattA first of i think this...emotive creation is fantastic, i see the journey the plant will take etc. Do you have any update pics on this, i have access to bucket loads of sandstone and would love to create something similar.

[MattA]

Hey Isitangus,

Thanks for your comments, the tree needs a good feed but otherwise is doing ok. As soon as it stops raining I will get some pics for you.

Sandstone is great material as it holds a high amount of moisture compared to most stones but also wicks moisture from the soil so needs a bit extra. Look forward to seeing some pics of your project, start a thread so you can record its journey.

Matt

[MattA]

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