Boxing clever.
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MIKEB
Todd Ellis
kauaibonsai
Seth Ellwood
Kev Bailey
Mike Jones
bonsaisr
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Re: Boxing clever.
beautiful material will. look forward to seeing how you develop/carve this old stock. really nice possibilities.
best wishes, sam
best wishes, sam
kauaibonsai- Member
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Thanks Sam. Looking at the lumps and burrs on this tree, I think it must be very old. The top 2 cuts are a bit rough and its difficult to see the rings. When the wood has dried properly, I will sand it and count the age.
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Lovely find and lots of character on that trunk, WOW!!!
How's your back and knees?
Todd
How's your back and knees?
Todd
Todd Ellis- Member
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Todd Ellis wrote:Lovely find and lots of character on that trunk, WOW!!!
How's your back and knees?
Todd
Back and knees are fine thanks Todd. My arms are bloody killing me though. Hitting Sycamore roots with a spade every five minutes takes it out of you. I dug a two foot trench all the way round the Box and it wouldn't move at all. How we suffer for our art!!
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I dont often comment but i wish you would really reconsider any "serious" carving on those boxwoods. first off they are very tough and should be fine till spring, i collect them any time of year but we dont get that cold here in east Texas. those boxwoods are OLD. They are HUGE. In my opinion i think carving is over used. In the proper situations it can be very dramatic. But these guys are really old with big huge trunks and i bet roots. they make the most gorgeous oak style. It will be a long term project but welllllll worth it. They are not my trees ( i collected 3 big ones last year in late November with no problems, they were really heavy also) but i would appreciate them for what they are. I bet they are much much older than you are and the stories they could tell. they have small leaves and ramify nicely. it will take a few years to get branches to match the trunk but it would be worth the wait. its a shame you didnt have time to layer those branches off. they would have given you many years head start on some good projects. Just my opinion. thanks.
MIKEB- Member
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What a lovely tree, Will. And I'm sure in your experienced hands, it will make another specimen tree in a few years.
Regds
Regds
F. Waheedy- Member
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Fantastic find Will. I'm sure in your expert hands it will be a stunning tree.
Looks like I'll have to post, or show you when you come down, my Box that I got earlier thie year.
Keep up the good work mate,
Okk, Okk,
Simon
Looks like I'll have to post, or show you when you come down, my Box that I got earlier thie year.
Keep up the good work mate,
Okk, Okk,
Simon
bonsai monkey- Member
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Thankyou for your input Mike. Because these Box were in deep shade, there was about 5 feet of branch above the cuts and little side branching before the top. I agree that carving can be over done and more importantly, badly done. To build decent taper without carving will take longer than I have left on this planet unfortunately.
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Thanks Faisal. I hope to do this tree justice in the future.
Thanks Simon. Show me your Box? I'd rather concentrate on trees when I come down to your club.
Thanks Simon. Show me your Box? I'd rather concentrate on trees when I come down to your club.
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Good I didn't mention my box, Will.
would get the same answer as Simon :-))
would get the same answer as Simon :-))
F. Waheedy- Member
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It looks a lot bigger now I've got it home.
As the actress said to the Bishop.
Harleyrider- Member
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will baddeley wrote:Thanks Simon. Show me your Box? I'd rather concentrate on trees when I come down to your club.
Sorry Will, bad use of language (as usual )
Nice 2nd collection btw
Looks like I'm geeting your collecting habit as I've been in touch with the local council today about lifting a Hawthorn in a verge.
What can of worms have I opened here?!?!?
Okk, Okk,
Simon
bonsai monkey- Member
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Hello Simon. Good luck with gaining permission, even if you don't succeed this time. There's a whole load of really good material out there, with your name on them.
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Yeah, good luck with the council. Every time I've tried that route in the UK, there's been an 'elf and safety restriction, a public liability insurance requirement or a plain flat NO. Doesn't stop me trying though.
We have had a lot more luck with the Forestry Commission but, sadly, they are getting more hidebound too.
Excellent Box collections Will. I look forward to seeing their development, once established.
We have had a lot more luck with the Forestry Commission but, sadly, they are getting more hidebound too.
Excellent Box collections Will. I look forward to seeing their development, once established.
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Thanks Kev. The last time I gained permission on Forestry Commision land, they asked me to fill out a risk assessment and insisted there was a minimum of two people on a specified date. More difficult but possible.
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