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Just got back from a workshop with Andy from Golden Arrow Bonsai and thought Id share some pics and my experiences. First off, Andy seems like a great guy - really laid back but ready to help. He walked a good line between letting the participants decide the direction to take their trees and offering his advice and suggestions, a couple times jumping in and getting a particularly tricky cut or bend completed. He brought some great material and was very knowledgeable about his trees. Im very happy with the overall experience.
I was fortunate enough that our club leadership allowed us to pre purchase our material, so hopefully I wasn't too annoying getting Andy to send me pics of what he planned on bringing. I picked out a tree with movement i really liked.
This is from his website, but the tree was more or less unchanged on arrival. The before pic I took at the workshop has some faces in it so ill use this one for the sake of privacy.
After many cuts, bends, and jins, here is the final product home and cleaned up. I also got that nice little suiseki stone from him. You should check out his website if you havent already (www.goldenarrowbonsai.com)
Im happy with the results so far, and I think Ive set it up for a good look moving forward. Im going to let it rest this year and build up vigour again and next year will finish up those jins and probably bring down the apex a bit. I havent decided if i want to keep the bottom branch or remove it and crank in that second branch closer to the trunk I figure Ive got plenty of time to decide. Feedback is welcome!
I was fortunate enough that our club leadership allowed us to pre purchase our material, so hopefully I wasn't too annoying getting Andy to send me pics of what he planned on bringing. I picked out a tree with movement i really liked.
This is from his website, but the tree was more or less unchanged on arrival. The before pic I took at the workshop has some faces in it so ill use this one for the sake of privacy.
After many cuts, bends, and jins, here is the final product home and cleaned up. I also got that nice little suiseki stone from him. You should check out his website if you havent already (www.goldenarrowbonsai.com)
Im happy with the results so far, and I think Ive set it up for a good look moving forward. Im going to let it rest this year and build up vigour again and next year will finish up those jins and probably bring down the apex a bit. I havent decided if i want to keep the bottom branch or remove it and crank in that second branch closer to the trunk I figure Ive got plenty of time to decide. Feedback is welcome!