preparing for first time exhibit

Dear good helpful people ,

I made some adjustment to the cascade in the old jar...
How about my carabao (water buffalo stool as stand)














regards,
jun

[quote="jun"]Dear good helpful people ,

I made some adjustment to the cascade in the old jar...
How about my carabao (water buffalo stool as stand)


Hello Jun,
The pot is better now, you give a certain statement-history with it.
Of course one could ask and imagine it also how it would be in a Japanese pot.
However when you look at the two lowest dead branches and consider then the relationship with the buffalo stand,
what do you feel?
For me the stand needs to be very simple giving the tree the opportunity to move freely.
As it is a beautifull tree, the vertical dead branch catches my eye as not necessary, it is of its own kind yes,
but not contributing in a helpful way.
On the blue bell,
Please do not break the branches, you could guy-wire them a bit down in stages just a bit though.
Or just leave the branches and clip and grow.
regards, Sunip;)

Yep. Getting there IHVHO.

Can I make two observations?

I still think having the pot on a slight angle would make the whole thing look less "formal". You have the apparent randomness of the tree having colonised the old pot. The angle of the tree is suitably haphazard but the pot is ranrod straight upright. Even a slight angling away would sort this - probably without having to break the bottom of the pot either.

The second comment is that I'm a bit distracted by the bit of wood that looks like a slug hanging over the side (I'll not tell you what my husband said it looked like ) can this be carved better? Or can it be removed?






Again all just my opinion, but I do have to say that I really like the way you are having fun with this.

Thank you Sunip.
I'll be careful.

regards,
jun


Fiona,

That is good idea Fiona.again. as if the pot was left in an old garden somewhere, then the tree grew in it. I think I know what kind of stand would fit well with that idea.

Tomorrow I'll do the following

1. cut some stone
2. tilt a jar
3. perform castration

...no more happiness for this macho tree.

regards,
jun

jun wrote: Tomorrow I'll do the following

...
3. perform castration

...no more happiness for this macho tree.

regards,
jun

Oh I don't know about that. It'll be able to sing beautifully after that operation.

I think Fions's suggestions have been spot on Jun. The last one made me wince a bit.

"Ohhhhh for the wiiiiiinnnngggsss, for the winnnnngggggs of a dooooooovvvveeeee."

will baddeley wrote:I think Fions's suggestions have been spot on Jun. The last one made me wince a bit.

Ouch!
No more pollination.

size reduction or full removal?

regards,
jun

I think size reduction first, to see what it looks like. Going for the full emasculation straight off, could be regretable.

fiona wrote:... ... but I do have to say that I really like the way you are having fun with this.

The way we are all having fun together!... (perhaps)

Worked today on foliage of this tree...



regards,
jun

Hi there.

After a day in the outpatient dept and a week in the recovery room (due to emotional stress)...here he is now (not me, the tree. hehe). I hope its not obscene anymore.

How about this stand guys? and a tilt for Fiona?






me for scale...



regards,
jun

Hello Jun. First class effort with both of them. Out of the two, my fav is the first. Very dramatic and you can almost hear the shore breeze blowing through the branches. The second one. The apendage carving is much better, but my eye is drawn to the gap under the bottom right hand corner of the pot. Did you carve out a hollow in the rock for this composition to fit? If so, could you carve a bit more to lose the gap. Seems picky but I think it will improve it.

Thanks Will I will!

yes I carved the rock. I guess a deeper more will do.

regards,
jun

JUN,,well you have made it my friend!!! i am with will ,,the first tree is a winner!! i like them both a lot but the first is great..iwill take either one though!! great job,,good luck take care john

Jun,

coming along very nicely for both of them.

The second looks a lot more professional, and has moved out of the realm of novelty, and into the realm of innovative.

If you get stuck, just look at both efforts using a mirror and the wrong end of a pair of binoculars. Also you can draw on a printed image of either.

I won't offer any advice as I feel, this should really be all and only, JUN!!
[ The chest wears the medal better that way.]

I will not say anything about the owner's face [ repeat, repeat, repeat ]
Thanks for showing,
It is a real pleasure viewing.[ should make you smile all day long L.L.B long lost br...]
Take care.
Khaimraj

Khaimraj Seepersad wrote:Jun,

coming along very nicely for both of them.

The second looks a lot more professional, and has moved out of the realm of novelty, and into the realm of innovative.

If you get stuck, just look at both efforts using a mirror and the wrong end of a pair of binoculars. Also you can draw on a printed image of either.

I won't offer any advice as I feel, this should really be all and only, JUN!!
[ The chest wears the medal better that way.]

I will not say anything about the owner's face [ repeat, repeat, repeat ]
Thanks for showing,
It is a real pleasure viewing.[ should make you smile all day long L.L.B long lost br...]
Take care.
Khaimraj

...Thanks!
...I rarely not smile L.L.B.
...I rarely take photos of my self, I wonder why they always happen that same moment.

regards,
jun

Thanks John.

The month of May is still a long time to do few more tune ups. I still need to fill and extend the left most branch to negate the small vertical branch. So I hope I could grow the branches more and fast...I'm feeding my trees right now with steriods..hehehe.

...Also need to find a good stand if I can finish this tree on time.

regards,
jun

HI IBC.

Just defoliated the elm to have fresh leaves and fine wired the branchlets..
..The ground covers are temporary..different kinds of shallow rooting grass Im experimenting with that I can probably use...
The background is white, just adjusted the camera setting and lighting to highlight branch color...so, forgive me if it's too bright. hehehe.




regards,
jun:)

Hi IBC less than two weeks to go.

The first ever bonsai table I made...I'm almost done with 6 tables.








for my cascade tree...




regards,
jun

I bet most of you guys have this used wires. if you have no plan for the trash you can send it over...hehehe.




I have found some use for the used wire...I'm using it to make 3D model of trees or some sort of display accent.




This one for my wind swept tree...



regards,
jun

The trees... half of the ready trees.
tables still needs some varnishing works...

Phempis acidula wind swept...









Casuarina




Ebony...




Phempis "free style" semi cascade...





regards,
jun

Good work, Jun!
I wish you good luck!

Thanks Alexandra!

regards,
jun

Good luck Jun and see you there,if in any other case you get into intrigues just let it be,i've been there
Regards,
Alex