Taxus baccata - "TAXÁTKA BACÁTKA"

Hello I´d like introduce my yew . I have started shape in 1997. In forepart it was 3/4m high tree which was cuted quite hard .

2007


2008


2009


2010


2011


a little more pict. here http://www.bonsai-place.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/bonsai-galerie-bonsai-gallery/tis-obecny---taxus-bacata----taxatka--bacatka-/

Nice work - it shows what a little bit of time can do - after all there is no such thing as an instant bonsai.

Can you get a bit of separation in the foliage pads though?

Rob Kempinski wrote:Can you get a bit of separation in the foliage pads though?

I agree. The 2008 pictures shows how good it really is, but that's lost in the more recent pictures. Any plans to bring the dead wood down onto the trunk?

Nice tree Martin!

Rob and Russell thaks for comment . Yes I know about foliage... in 2008 was almost whole crown made only from one branch... in autumn 2010 I comleted change this one branch. Till now i kept tree in strong groving to complete missing branches. In this time I dont plan spread death wood..... but in future ?....maybe ? Really thanks

Beautiful pots. Who made them?

peter : that is only one pot I turned round pot this year ... its from bonsaimuseum Isabelia

a little bit light to my yew .........
summer 2011

It's a great tree, you've done a very good job

It's true that it's even better with a bit more empty spaces between the branches, but I think you're right to keep the dead wood as it is now: I suppose it will still ramify, ang grow a little too, so the jins will be the right height then.

A lovely tree you have there. I just have one thing I would point out, that on the deadwood, it seems like there is a.. hollow, which runs upwards. It looks good, but - to me - it seems a bit unnatural that this occurs on all 3 points. Maybe its the photo, but its a tad distracting.
Interesting pot too!

Just a thought.....losing the stuff on the right would bring emphasis to the tapering trunk. Otherwise, to me, it's hidden.

In my view, what maybe missing from this nice tree is some shari on the lower trunk. The "pristine" and very untouched youthful looking lower trunk conflict with the jin and the crown. Carve the trunk and this will be a super tree.

Thanks,
Neil

I think Neil hit the nail on the head. Too much up top, and nothing down low - looks unbalanced. Wonderful yew though!

R

Very thanks for your comments ... I understand what you are meaning with unbalanced deathwood ... but in this time I dont plane more of deathwood ...maybe in future

Część, část, salut, hello,

For once, we can see a tree with very little dead wood at the bottom, most of the time, it's done to hide big pruning. Here it is not necessary, so i disagree with Neil on thgis point. With age, the bark will natutrally peel off, so what's the use making an artificial tree, or a "juniper-like" yew?...

My suggestion:

AlainK wrote:Część, část, salut, hello,

For once, we can see a tree with very little dead wood at the bottom, most of the time, it's done to hide big pruning. Here it is not necessary, so i disagree with Neil on thgis point. With age, the bark will natutrally peel off, so what's the use making an artificial tree, or a "juniper-like" yew?...

My suggestion:

....I like this one better.
Nice tree martin! IMHo the trunk is not the problem that creates imbalance, I think its the movement of the foliage/branch that is not going well with the form of the tree. The current form of the top will suits a short stout trunk that probably leans a little to the left.

regards,
jun

If no shari is carved in the trunk, then the jin should be greatly reduced. As it is now, its too much and too busy to achieve good balance.

so choices: 1) carve shari or 2) reduce jins

Not my tree, Just my opinion. I wish I had both

Regards,
Neil

alaink : thanks for sugestion , I wanted to do something like in your virt...its very nice virt but crown is little bit unbalanced a would need another root position....therefore i decided to trunk and crown go to the left

jun thanks for your comment , I saw a many trees with deathwood like on my bonsai without shari etc. , so for me it isn´t so big problem )) ...imho crown to the left from alainKs virt do more more static and easy tree therefore I decided to provoke with deathwood )) .... it looks like tree which had bad time in not so long time

One of the great IBC progressions, Fantastic!

great progression, and lovely photography as well.

... and a very good combination tree/pot.

But no activity since 2011?  I wonder if this tree is still alive, and what it looks like now?

I think the deadwood was pretty unnecessary for the image:


2017-11-01_11-42-26 by BrendanR2012, on Flickr

Many folks just move on, i doubt many are even actively still doing bonsai.
i think the deadwood was necessary because in the first image you can see where some big branch/trunk chops were made. it also tells a story and gives the tree some character, fitting with a conifer tree.

I have read BobbyLane's recent posts in old threads
It's nostalgic.... not sad but nostalgic for a handful of us still visiting IBC.

my nellie wrote:I have read BobbyLane's recent posts in old threads  
It's nostalgic.... not sad but nostalgic for a handful of us still visiting IBC.

Indeed it is, i wasnt even doing bonsai when many of these old threads were active, the forum has slowed down but there is still a great wealth of knowledge here

Exactly!
Scripta manent!