Hey Everyone,
Well its been a while since I posted, recovering slowly still from my spinal fusion that happened now 10 weeks ago. I can start doing bonsai again and I can actually lift some of my smaller plants again.
Here are a couple of my latest projects, gratiously donated by Matt and the heavy lifting completed by my lovelely wife.
The Olive is coming along nicely starting to fill in and it will have quite alot of carving to be dont once I am more confident with carving techniques. Let us know your thoughts and what you would do with this if it was in your collection.
And the little cassi that I have had a practice at carving there was an ugle broken section directly where the carving is so I have pretty much just carved it back to a trunkline now and will wait a while until a carve out the hollow.
Olive and Cassie coming along
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archie1979
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Olive and Cassie coming along
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Greth
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Re: Olive and Cassie coming along
Glad to hear you are doing well after your operation archie, good to see you back!
If you are not killing plants, then you are not extending yourself as a gardener..
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archie1979
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Re: Olive and Cassie coming along
Hey Archie,
Good to see your able to get back into your trees.
The olive was donated by another local club member who was heading OS, its looking better now you have cleaned it up. Look forward to seeing how you carve it out once you get a bit more confident. A good way to learn is to use garden prunings or any old bit of branch to practice on. I know I destroyed a few trees in the beginning when I should have practiced a bit more first.
As for the cassie... Its sooo good not to see that ugly little thing everytime I go to the letterbox
Its looking much better now you have cleaned it up. The dogs have now been banned from the front yard so hopefully no more damage to my other trees that are still growing on out there.
Keep us all posted as they progress
Matt
Good to see your able to get back into your trees.
The olive was donated by another local club member who was heading OS, its looking better now you have cleaned it up. Look forward to seeing how you carve it out once you get a bit more confident. A good way to learn is to use garden prunings or any old bit of branch to practice on. I know I destroyed a few trees in the beginning when I should have practiced a bit more first.
As for the cassie... Its sooo good not to see that ugly little thing everytime I go to the letterbox
Its looking much better now you have cleaned it up. The dogs have now been banned from the front yard so hopefully no more damage to my other trees that are still growing on out there.Keep us all posted as they progress
Matt
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"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards." ~ Vernon Sanders Law
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth
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Re: Olive and Cassie coming along
G'day Archie. Nice to see you are back on your feet and can start playing with your trees again. 
"Advice is rarely welcome, and the one's who need it the most welcome it the least"
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Levuccio
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Re: Olive and Cassie coming along
I like the shape of the olive trunk...definitely has some potential.
