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  1. john blanch

    Two new trees

    No new buds on larch, always work with what you can see.
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    The Literati/Bunjin Thread

    Maybe the dead piece can reflect the curve of the extending 2nd part of the trunk?
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    The Literati/Bunjin Thread

    Looks on track to me.a nice little round pot would set it off really well. Now, can anyone help me?
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    The Literati/Bunjin Thread

    This is a chamaecyparis I dug and potted a while back and now trying the literati style. I'm not sure how to handle the deadwood. I'm thinking of carving it down leaving what will seem to be the ragged remnants of some catastrophe in its early life. Or should I remove it all and disguise it so...
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    Beech bonsai collecting

    You can't rely on a Fagus salvation budding from old wood, such as the trunk. So be careful with your choice of what you remove. Where in the world are you? Harry Harrington has some very interesting things to say about Beech on his website www.bonsai4me https://bonsai4me.com/?s=Fagus+sylvatica...
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    What's the last thing you've learned in bonsai

    It's tiring to have the mental map of each of my trees' and their position come to mind when I get home late and have to water them all in the dark.
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    If bonsai is art, what does it mean? (semiotics of bonsai)

    Personification in artistry. "Artistry is often an effort to imbue our work with human qualities. Even if we are not imposing human qualities directly on our work, we often create an image that provides contrast between ourselves and the image or qualities exhibited by the work" From Andy...
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    If bonsai is art, what does it mean? (semiotics of bonsai)

    https://andyrutledge.com/book/ This is something I read many years ago.
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    If bonsai is art, what does it mean? (semiotics of bonsai)

    What are the shared meanings associated with bonsai as an artistic medium? Struggle, survive and flourish.
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    If bonsai is art, what does it mean? (semiotics of bonsai)

    I agree with the man, heaven, earth structure of tokonoma. To add, I learnt Chinese bonsai are more animal like. Whilst Japanese bonsai reflect more human traits.
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    Show us your Oak (Quercus) Pre-Bonsai

    just defoliated and pruned this oak. Not certain what cultivar it is. Needs ground layering as the base of the trunk under the soil is too bulky.
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    Chamaecyparis deadwood

    I'm not too sure what to do with the main trunk remnant that I've left. I thought of 1.carving a spiral to the inside. 2.shaping it to mimic the shape of the tree and 3.shortening it so that it's almost gone but just hinting of the catastrophy that effected it. Can you guys help and give...
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    Bald Cypress forest progression

    It looks cramped to me. And I don't like your fanned out design . I don't think trees with strong bases suit being planted in such a tight space. Building a forest with BC is a wonderful idea. But the placement in the small pot you've designed doesn't suit.
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    Carving thin lines

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165922490790?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=e2Z7duOMSy2&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=Pq-IzfasQX6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
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    Carving thin lines

    These look cheap, made from carbide also, bonsai4me are out of stock for the saucer shaped cutters. A Google search came up with these.
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    Carving thin lines

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404228898174?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=1rkxij3sT8u&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=Pq-IzfasQX6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
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    Collecting Hawthorn

    This is a young red flowering Hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata 'Paul's Scarlet' from a nursery in Ireland. I've cut it down this year to begin re-growing, it's already got flower buds on it.
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    Collecting Hawthorn

    This picture was taken several years ago.
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    Collecting Hawthorn

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    Collecting Hawthorn

    The trunk is hollow. I raised the root level to give it better taper, utilising the root on the right. Needles to say it was a big tree when I dug it up.
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    Collecting Hawthorn

    This is my largest crataegus monogyna
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    Collecting Hawthorn

    Tony Tickle and Harry Harrington both keep a close eye on the trees they have bagged. Hawthorn easily gets mildew and the sooty mould may be due to insect attack, but probably is just mould exacerbated by the humid environment. The trees need to be checked and fresh air allowed to enter the...
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    Ever get a weird response by someone viewing your Bonsai?

    And you haven't done much when you've bested a fool.
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    Industrial Aluminum Wire

    I've used the wire that encases armoured cables, some kind of non rusting silver coloured wire. My thoughts, if it doesn't harm the trees' and gives good hold and I can get plenty of it, I'll use it. It may not be as good as anodised aluminium, but it matches a high percentage of it's...
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