a little carving i did today

[alexgee]

bought a escalloniaa few months back from the bargain corner, i really like the lower movement.

when i finally got this out of the nursery pot the root ball was huge, i reduced it by 80 percent and trimmed the branches too.

it has reacted well to the treatment and at further brainstorming(didnt really like the twin trunk) i thought to introduce a jin

the best before shot third from the right




and one mid stream



and one done ,well for now, will give it a hit of lime sulphur later



again the pics are crap am so used to shooting cars and solid thing trees are a different ball game

[anttal63]

nice one al!

[kvan64]

Nice work. However, I would have kept the taller trunk as it has better movements and carved the shorter one. By the way, how did you carve the bark? it looks very smooth.
Cheers

[alexgee]

the movement is very similar through both the branches( although hard to see from the pics)and the shorter one was budding like mad as well.i want to incorperate/intergrate the 2 branches as the live feeders grows,perhaps towering it over the deadwood or something of the like

i used pliers and shears to shape the end and a syderco knife to form it all,it is a combination blade i,e flat and serrated and is very effective(you can see it in one of the pics)and then gave it a hit with some 120grit sandpaper

i have since treated it with lime sulphur and trimmed the lower unwanted growth and the little guy is reacting very well