Do cows make Bonsai?

[bodhidharma]

Let me bring some sort of sensibility back to this thread. Fantastic stock Grant and piccy 3 is your preferred front? How about a size comparison also. Now, people understand that Cows dont have opposing digits..right.right..so how can they hold scissors to prune this?

[Boics]

Look forward to seeing you put some wire and style to this tree Grant.

I think it has a VERY bright future.

[kcpoole]

Let me bring some sort of sensibility back to this thread. Fantastic stock Grant and piccy 3 is your preferred front? How about a size comparison also. Now, people understand that Cows dont have opposing digits..right.right..so how can they hold scissors to prune this?

Spoil sport

Lovely tree Grant, the original trunk work is Not BAAADDD, it has Really nice MOOOVement in it, but for the life of me i cannot imagine how you are going to get the cows to keep working on it to improve it

I tell you what tho, if you ever decide to MOOOOVE it on, let me know

Ken

[Grant Bowie]

Sorry to throw a spanner in the works , but the paddock this tree came from usually has sheep in it ! That would make it an ovineadori . Cheers Graham

Baaahnsai?

Barnsai if kept indoors?

Grant

[Grant Bowie]

Probably wrong... but wasn't that English Elm raft(?) in the National collection originally collected from a cow paddock?

Yes.

[Grant Bowie]

Sorry to throw a spanner in the works , but the paddock this tree came from usually has sheep in it ! That would make it an ovineadori . Cheers Graham

Sheepishly have to concede you may be right.

[Grant Bowie]

Let me bring some sort of sensibility back to this thread. Fantastic stock Grant and piccy 3 is your preferred front? How about a size comparison also. Now, people understand that Cows dont have opposing digits..right.right..so how can they hold scissors to prune this?

I'll have to chew that question over for a while.

Grant

[Grant Bowie]

OK,

Tree measures 33cm from top of pot to apex and is 40cm across at broadest point.

In the flesh I think the tree is more interesting from pic 1 side; pic 3 shows a cleaner less nibbled/broken aspect.

I will choose pic no 1 as front.



Grant

[Grant Bowie]

Sorry Grant

Might have to put an adult only rating on this thread which I am sure you didn't see coming

No worries and I agree,

Neil Young once said when he heard his music described as "middle of the road" he headed straight for the ditch. Lets try and get this one back out of the ditch; not onto the straight and narrow but the winding path.

The path we could all follow would be along fence lines and rock walls where cows and sheep graze.

Grant

[Pearcy001]

Got to love a good pun
Looking at the picture I thought it must have been much smaller then you said.
What's your thoughts on styling for this one Grant? Stands out as a strong windswept to me.

Cheers,
Pearcy.

[Grant Bowie]

Windswept or windblown is the obvious style.You commonly see that style of tree in China and it suits this raw material. I have also seen some also in Robert Stevens book.

A more intricately wired and styled tree may be the way to go on the other hand, but still with the windblown appearance.

I will let the tree settle in and do some work on it in late August or so.

I think the pot suits it. I have lots of other pots that would also suit but love the chunkiness of this one and the glaze.

Other opinions on pots would also be welcome.

Grant

[cre8ivbonsai]

Probably wrong... but wasn't that English Elm raft(?) in the National collection originally collected from a cow paddock?

Yes.

... just to illustrate the side conversation ...

[Steven]

Probably wrong... but wasn't that English Elm raft(?) in the National collection originally collected from a cow paddock?

Yes.

... just to illustrate the side conversation ...

And here it is in 360. https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/360/Ulmus_procera_nbpca

[cre8ivbonsai]

Windswept or windblown is the obvious style.You commonly see that style of tree in China and it suits this raw material. I have also seen some also in Robert Stevens book.

A more intricately wired and styled tree may be the way to go on the other hand, but still with the windblown appearance.

I will let the tree settle in and do some work on it in late August or so.

I think the pot suits it. I have lots of other pots that would also suit but love the chunkiness of this one and the glaze.

Other opinions on pots would also be welcome.

Grant

I like the pot, suits the drama , while Robert Stevens style intricately wired windblown would look great - but only because that's where the tree's already heading, I could also see the branches (some shortened) coming down and creating some nice floating pads ... Look forward to see where YOU take it thanks for sharing Grant.

[regwac]

Here are a couple of siblings . Graham
PS those are 300 mm pots .