wind swept murraya exotica

Hi IBC.!
here is my windswept tree I styled today. i would like to share it with you.

Photo taken july 2010...



Before...after I got the secondary branches in place



After styling today...



nebari...



comments are always welcome...

regards,
jun

Hello Jun,,, nice tree you have,i like the trunk a lot..it looks really old.. one thing the very top befor the branches goes right then the branches go left..is that the way you wanted or just the way the tree grew??? anyway good job take care john

Thank you John.

when the upper branch connected to the huge branch on the right got the proper girth it will create an arch/curve like form of branch that goes with the sway of the trunk.

regards,
jun

today,,,,

Repot the tree today to it's final design position.














regards,
jun

Ok JUN,, Now i see what you were talking about in the early post...I still think the trunk on this tree looks very old!! A good job again..take care john

Cool! it's like a heavy wind almost pulled him out of the earth's soil

Great Tree Jun.

After looking at the initial set of pics I wanted to suggest that you either bend down the branches or tilt the tree as the angle at which the branches were, did not convey the image of a very convincing windswept tree.

In the later set of pics, I am glad that you could see the same area of improvement and have tilted the trunk to lower the angle of the branches. Great tree and a very convincing design.

Ravi

Hi Jun,

Is it what you called Kamuning binangonan?

Budi

John,

thanks. The trunk is really old, but the branches are less than a year old. a couple of more years and it will catch up with the trunk.

regards,
jun


Hirow,

thanks.

regards,
jun



Ravi,

thanks.

regards,
jun

Hi Budi,

Yes sir it is the one, we also call it here "kamuning Bilog". "bilog" means circular, because of the shape of leaves.

regards,
jun

Wonderful.

Windswept is a style that I feel, more often than not, is done badly. However, you have really created a very convincing scene.

Well done.

Ed

jun wrote:Hi Budi,

Yes sir it is the one, we also call it here "kamuning Bilog". "bilog" means circular, because of the shape of leaves.

regards,
jun

I do not think that it is of a muraya family, anyhow. Did you get the name from the horticulture in Philippines?

Budi

Thanks Ed.

this tree got a good trunk character, and well tapered, that i was planning to make it an slanted tree... but I can't help it to make it the way it is now. I'm glad you like it.

regards,
jun

Budi Sulistyo wrote:

jun wrote:Hi Budi,

Yes sir it is the one, we also call it here "kamuning Bilog". "bilog" means circular, because of the shape of leaves.

regards,
jun

I do not think that it is of a muraya family, anyhow. Did you get the name from the horticulture in Philippines?

Budi

Well, that would be something new! all along, the shows and books here tagged the specie under murraya.
I guess I got to do more research now.

thanks Budi.

Well done Jun, I like your styling of this tree very much. When looking at your second last pic, I had a very strong sense of a tree struggling for a toe hold atop a very exposed coastal cliff, I can almost feel the salt spray and hear the howling of the wind......

Mark

Jun,
Well done. I agree with Ed that windswept trees are more often than not a sad attempt to add interest to an otherwise boring tree, and often poorly done. Yours really conveys a strong impression. I really like the styling here. Bravo.

Todd

Todd,
thanks.
...IMHO-just like any other design, wind swept and literati deserves a good foundation, that is a good trunk and nebari and not just reject trees and yamadori not suitable for the other designs.

regards,
jun

Mark,

thanks.
It's nice to know that the tree conveys the intended emotions.


regards,
jun