Raft, cleaned and wired

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Looks Brilliant Gerard.
Hopefully not a rude question - what dimensions is your raft, longest and widest measurements?
I am playing / learning with a couple of rafts myself using an easy learner - Jacaranda. Think i've stuffed mine, meddling too much.
I really love the shape you have created - are you content too with this design?
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Very very nice Gerard.

I'd love to see more of "the boat" and no doubt we will over time.
Keep up the good work!
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Dimensions are 85cm wide and 45cm high 13 trunks. Originally designed in a workshop with Hirotoshi Saitoh in 2005
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Really nice design Gerard, your skills have come a long way. What sort of junipers are they?
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bodhidharma wrote:Really nice design Gerard, your skills have come a long way. What sort of junipers are they?
It is juniperus squamata, (one tree all root connected)
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Very nice Gerard. These are quite rare really. I love them and we should be doing more of them I reckon.
BTW, how is the yatsabusa BP progressing?
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treeman wrote:Very nice Gerard. These are quite rare really. I love them and we should be doing more of them I reckon.
BTW, how is the yatsabusa BP progressing?
I have lost a couple of grafts on the yatsubusa, it is healthy and I expect to go through the same procedure adding more root grafts in the future. It will be ready for exhibition in about 2030.
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Gerard wrote: It will be ready for exhibition in about 2030.
:lol: :lol: :lol: Ain't that the truth.
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