Nice old JWP trunk! Check out the bark! Wow!The Dancing Lady Hinoki Cypress.View attachment 113179 Scots Pine.View attachment 113180 Japanese White Pine.View attachment 113181
Nice old JWP trunk! Check out the bark! Wow!The Dancing Lady Hinoki Cypress.View attachment 113179 Scots Pine.View attachment 113180 Japanese White Pine.View attachment 113181
The same man owns both the EWP and the Jwp. Vance Hannah. He's a nice guy and has some great trees. Two guys named Vance's that work on pines like that in the same club.Nice old JWP trunk! Check out the bark! Wow!
Now you got to find a nice por for it.Adair,
Official photos should show up in the next Four Seasons Club newsletter next month( pro quality I'm sure ).
I had a Hinoki dwarf that I got a real refinement lesson with. It scared me to death thinking that I may have ruined a beautiful tree till I started to see what Mark Fields was talking about and then I jumped in with both feet.
I think it is the best thing I have worked on so far. Now the big lesson is to keep it alive and healthy till next spring when I put it in a training pot.
I think it may be my first show piece in a few years ( if I can keep it alive! ).
Wish me luck,
Regards,
Leonard
Gotcha. Took me a minute to figure it out!That picture is from last year. This year it was better but sitting out with no background to take pictures with. I did shoot the back though.View attachment 113186
Don,The Mugo looks million times better in the second photo. Generally, you need to see these trees in person to understand the judging, but sometimes that doesn't even help. I like this Mugo but think that pot does it a huge disservice.
Bobby,I'll take a stab at it.
The tree is very masculine with the deadwood feature that indicates severe damage on one side of the tree resulting in all growth on the other side of the tree. Even the moss on the top of the soil surface is "rough and tumble" and looks nothing like the manicured moss application in a lot of Japanese shows.
The oval pot is feminine with the carved motif and delicate feet. It clashes with the aesthetic of the tree. Most would probably recommend a dark, unglazed rectangle with sharp corners and more prominent feet. That or a rustic scoop pot which would accentuate the trunk movement.
Bobby,
As a follow up statement, do you mean a square pot similar to the one used with the jwp?
Leonard
I like the tree. I like the pot. I don't like the tree in the pot. I don't think they match well. Jester makes some good points regarding the design.Don,
I was at the show and studied the Mugo intensively. I admit though I didn't understand your pot reference.
Can you be more specific to add to my knowledge of pot selection?
Thanks,
Leonard
I should have taken pictures showing what we were really up to.Thank you for posting these pics. Nice to see what you guys are up to.
Yeah its hard to giggle and shoot...I should have taken pictures showing what we were really up to.