Trident Maple over Artificial Rock by Alexandre Chow, Brasil. II

Trident maple made ​​of a root...


10 years of training...

Usually remains are trained in plastic bottles...

Detail Roots...

Leafless...


Pasting the rocks with cement ...


Drying the cement...


Preparing the rocks to another level ...


Waiting for the drying of rock highest ...

Now preparing to paint the rock...

Once the paint...

Detail...



Pot by Sami Khozan ceramist...

Alexandre and the tree...
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Shabat Shalom Luciano.

Hi Luciano,
I think your creation is beautiful and thank you for the step by step... I am concerned that it will not last long; my mentors tell me that a hard stone is the only thing which can withstand the force of the roots. Enjoy it as long as you can. Your bonsai is a great illusion!
Best,
Todd

Thanks for his analysis, respect their point of view.
The art tries to imitate nature in centimeters.
Would not that be a grand illusion??????????

It is grand indeed!

Love the composition of this tree and rock. I'm very interested in watching these fake rock works of yours over the years. Hope they last a long while.
What are the spiny looking plants planted in the rock?

In future we will try to make a video.
And we will have captioning in English.
We've done this fix on: Trident Mapple, Ulmus, Piracanto, Juniperus, JBP., Brazilian Rain Tree ...
Shabat Shalom Luciano.

It has worked for over 20 years.
Shabat Shalom Luciano.

luciano benyakob wrote:It has worked for over 20 years.
Shabat Shalom Luciano.

Glad to see your method is lasting over time Luciano.... can you share what type of paint you use to paint the rock please.

We use the base pigments of iron oxide can be added to the cement.
https://www.google.com/search?q=xadrez+corante&hl=pt-PT&client=firefox-a&hs=Mhw&rls=org.mozilla:pt-BR:official&channel=fflb&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=B3qjUPGZHOfW0gGzmIGQBw&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=637

It is widely used in cement floor...

Very interesting and enlightening, thanks !

Now I know what to do with all the cement I have, take rocks to another level

Thank You! You have inspired me and I made one also.

this is very creative, great work! before you addded the rock, I would have called it War of the Worlds style

Did this start as a natural rock with additions or was it purely created from cement? Great work either way, but has different starting points.

MikeG wrote:
What are the spiny looking plants planted in the rock?

I guess its Tillandsia...

Love and light