Thanks for reviving this thread. I no longer have the cryptomeria from this thread - gave it away to someone when I tried to retire overseas 18 months ago, but I can't remember who I gave it to. The one pictured below, however, I left with Dan Robinson, and when I came back 9 months later unexpectedly, he hadn't worked on it at all and let me have it back. I've done some trimming and initial carving since then, but these are such natural trees that there's really not very much to do except simply admire them, which I do every day with this guy. One woman I know who is a big Harry Potter fan, calls this a "Harry Potter Tree!" but - as is typical with this woman - I have no idea what that means ...... Anyway, not a "formal" high-quality photo of this guy due to the loss of much of my photographic stuff during "retirement", but hope you like it anyway.
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