Oriental Hornbeam #77

[Walter Pall]

Oriental Hornbeam #77 - this is a good example of what can be done with challenging material. Only six months after first serious styling the tree looks quite promising already in the final pot.

 

[Walter Pall]

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[AlainK]

Beautiful.

I like the way you let the scars look "natural", they disappear, they are not conspicuous, they fuse into the overall design. To me that's how a nice tree should look : aged, but full of vigour. Like you ? Joking apart, a "bonsai" always bears some of the qualities (and faults, for the "amateurs" like me) of the person that takes care of them.
Yes, a very good example of what a good eye and a mastered cultivation technique can "produce".
Thanks for sharing, it gives us all the will to get better...

 

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That is a fantastic pot...

 

[BobbyLane]

Beautiful.

I like the way you let the scars look "natural", they disappear, they are not conspicuous, they fuse into the overall design. To me that's how a nice tree should look : aged, but full of vigour. Like you ? Joking apart, a "bonsai" always bears some of the qualities (and faults, for the "amateurs" like me) of the person that takes care of them.
Yes, a very good example of what a good eye and a mastered cultivation technique can "produce".
Thanks for sharing, it gives us all the will to get better...

somewhat. I can still see the tool marks though. I love Walter's trees but im hoping he eventually hollows the old scars out on this one, or carves out the jagged saw marks. just my preference

 

[AlainK]

im hoping he eventually hollows the old scars out on this one, or carves out the jagged saw marks.

Sorry, I don't.

That's the difference between "artificial" and "natural(istic)".

The "jagged saw marks" will soon disappear in a short time.

The "dead wood" I see on some "artificial" bonsai are so evidently man-made and "steal the show".

Whitewash dead wood on deciduous and call it a "style"...