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Omono
Hello there...fellow nutter's
Here is one of my Cypress (Yellow Cedar, Alaskan Yellow Cedar...etc) Callitropsis nootkatensis....and yes I do know that its not a true cedar. I've got an idea on what I'd like to do with this but I believe the end result will not be a traditional bonsai by any means but more of an abstract design. You can see that there is one long main vein feeding the top and the lower branch is on its own shorter vein . I've started to remove the vein from the main trunk which I plan on carving down to its inner self, exposing its former life lines burried under the outer shell. The colour of the wood on these trees can a beautiful yellow that I'd love to keep, rather than letting it go grey but we'll see.
If you have any design ideas I'd love to here from you.
Back to the workshop.....I'm going to go slow on this one and hope to have completed its first styling in a few months........a friend did tell me to use a power tool to remove the vien but I'll stick with my hand tools.....and work the outline and future image out on the sketch pad
Cheers G
Here is one of my Cypress (Yellow Cedar, Alaskan Yellow Cedar...etc) Callitropsis nootkatensis....and yes I do know that its not a true cedar. I've got an idea on what I'd like to do with this but I believe the end result will not be a traditional bonsai by any means but more of an abstract design. You can see that there is one long main vein feeding the top and the lower branch is on its own shorter vein . I've started to remove the vein from the main trunk which I plan on carving down to its inner self, exposing its former life lines burried under the outer shell. The colour of the wood on these trees can a beautiful yellow that I'd love to keep, rather than letting it go grey but we'll see.
If you have any design ideas I'd love to here from you.
Back to the workshop.....I'm going to go slow on this one and hope to have completed its first styling in a few months........a friend did tell me to use a power tool to remove the vien but I'll stick with my hand tools.....and work the outline and future image out on the sketch pad
Cheers G