John Ruger
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Here is a small juniper that I've been working on for a while. It initially had a mushroom-cap apex, so I spent time re-orienting the top by about 90 degrees. I have an idea of the final result that reflects an older style of bonsai that I have seen in old photos and paintings. It has a way to go, but I think that the general outline seems to be working so far. One of the major issues is the fact that the primary and secondary branches are high up the trunk. The left branch was really no issue to draw down. The right branch (I'll post a side shot in the next post) jutted out nearly 90 degrees. I think I was able to solve that issue to some degree, but after it sets, I'll take another look at it. I used a cloth strip in lieu of wire on the right branch because I just found it easier to orient that side down and toward the rear. I thought about splitting the whole works at the crotch of the branches, but it seemed too intricate a cut and I could loose the tree.
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p.s. for some reason the front of the tree is showing as the thumbnail. The large photo is actually the back before I re-oriented the apex and lateral branches...sorry about the photo quality, I just shoot pictures like a madman.
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p.s. for some reason the front of the tree is showing as the thumbnail. The large photo is actually the back before I re-oriented the apex and lateral branches...sorry about the photo quality, I just shoot pictures like a madman.