After much deliberation, I decided both the front and back could be great possible fronts. In the end I went with the original possible front, slightly off set to the right. I chose this front for a couple of reasons.
Firstly - A possum had decided to eat the foliage on the rear left branch, much to my irritation
Secondly - For some unknown reason I prefer trees flowing to the right hehe
Thirdly - Where the root runs down the rock and meets the branches it appeared too straight to me, with the branches coming off like a T-intersection.
The nebari looked the greatest from the left view showing the roots splitting both left and right, but due to the branch positioning from that angle it wasn't an option for me. In twisting the tree to the right a touch, it will show the rock nicely as it is slowly revealed over time - unfortunately I covered it back up with dirt before I took a photo, so you may have to trust me until I repot next year so the tree has time to recover from my.rough styling.
I began with wiring the main branches in order to pull the strong right flowing branch back toward the rear. This was done in order to reveal the chosen nebari/rock view from the new front. Once that was done I have begun to wire the lower branches on the left into pads, moving across to the lower right. Due to never styling a Juniper before, this has taken me much longer than expected, but I think thats going to make it much more rewarding for myself once I do finally finish.
Unfortunately this is all I have completed thus far. I'll add more updates as I go in the coming days. The apex is positioned high up currently, purely so I can fit my hands in with wire. Eventually it will be pulled down and forward toward the viewer, creating a layer of pads above/along the main trunk line and an apex.
Hope you all like where it's headed so far! All comments and critiques are more than welcome, as I have never styled a Juniper before and we are all here to learn.
Cheers,
Pearcy.
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