19Mateo83
Masterpiece
When out in the woods looking for material, do you see the final tree in the raw material before you collect it or do you just collect raw material with desirable qualities and figure it out later?
That's interesting, do you have the link?I once read a very well written article by, I believe, Randy Knight (it may have been in a thread on BN at some point) detailing his process of scouting and collecting, but also discussing his general philosophy for collecting. I will try to find the article and link it later, but I am at work.
Regardless, the author essentially argued that a tree should never be discovered and dug/removed on the same occasion. This argument changed my entire approach to yamadori collecting. I almost want to give the tree the respect of making me come to it several times throughout several seasons or even years, and monitoring, observing, and sometimes even slowly working on the tree in its natural location. Sometimes I could see a tree needing to be saved or rescued from a force of nature, and it just so happening to be a great bonsai candidate as well, but in general I try to make multiple visits to potential collection trees to make sure they can or should be collected, so I think the general style is normally already worked out in my head.
That's interesting, do you have the link?
CORRECTION... I was remembering Walter's 3 part series from Bonsai Today, but the link is below. I think I drew a lot of personal lines from where it seemed Walter was coming from in the article, but that's how it made me think and feel. If I'm going to take a tree from the wild or even a landscape or garden, I must do my research and work to ensure the tree has the best chances it can. He definitely argues for the fact that a tree should not be considered for yamadori unless the artist has a vision already and a clear direction for making it a bonsai.I once read a very well written article by, I believe, Randy Knight (it may have been in a thread on BN at some point) detailing his process of scouting and collecting, but also discussing his general philosophy for collecting. I will try to find the article and link it later, but I am at work.
Regardless, the author essentially argued that a tree should never be discovered and dug/removed on the same occasion. This argument changed my entire approach to yamadori collecting. I almost want to give the tree the respect of making me come to it several times throughout several seasons or even years, and monitoring, observing, and sometimes even slowly working on the tree in its natural location. Sometimes I could see a tree needing to be saved or rescued from a force of nature, and it just so happening to be a great bonsai candidate as well, but in general I try to make multiple visits to potential collection trees to make sure they can or should be collected, so I think the general style is normally already worked out in my head.