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I like it,
It was some wire damage, through my own fault.
so again, i look forward to any comments
Regards
Ent..
Oh, please dont think it lives on my Piano, its just a plain backgorung to photo against.
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Little Elm, some wire damage.
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Posted 02 November 2009 - 06:56 AM
While i have the time, i thought i would post my little Chinese Elm.
I like it,
It was some wire damage, through my own fault.
so again, i look forward to any comments
Regards
Ent..
Oh, please dont think it lives on my Piano, its just a plain backgorung to photo against.
I like it,
It was some wire damage, through my own fault.
so again, i look forward to any comments
Regards
Ent..
Oh, please dont think it lives on my Piano, its just a plain backgorung to photo against.
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Posted 02 November 2009 - 08:41 PM
the only thing I would add is some movement to the trunk, an opposing bend here and there to create interest, oh and maybe an old sage mudman resting on a separate piece of slab or rock as an accent, but not in the pot!
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Posted 02 November 2009 - 08:52 PM
You also need to get rid of that "bow" shaped arch on the branches you have bent down. This doesn't happen in nature. The branches go down right from the trunk.
You can cut a notch on the underside of each branch right at the trunk line, then pull the branch down until the notch closes. It'll heal in a fairly short time (over the winter), and you'll have a more realistic looking tree.
If you do put more movement in the trunk, be careful. It's easy to overdo and make it look snakey. I think the trunk is OK.
You can cut a notch on the underside of each branch right at the trunk line, then pull the branch down until the notch closes. It'll heal in a fairly short time (over the winter), and you'll have a more realistic looking tree.
If you do put more movement in the trunk, be careful. It's easy to overdo and make it look snakey. I think the trunk is OK.
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Posted 03 November 2009 - 12:19 AM
jkl, on 02 November 2009 - 03:52 PM, said:
You also need to get rid of that "bow" shaped arch on the branches you have bent down. This doesn't happen in nature. The branches go down right from the trunk.
You can cut a notch on the underside of each branch right at the trunk line, then pull the branch down until the notch closes. It'll heal in a fairly short time (over the winter), and you'll have a more realistic looking tree.
If you do put more movement in the trunk, be careful. It's easy to overdo and make it look snakey. I think the trunk is OK.
You can cut a notch on the underside of each branch right at the trunk line, then pull the branch down until the notch closes. It'll heal in a fairly short time (over the winter), and you'll have a more realistic looking tree.
If you do put more movement in the trunk, be careful. It's easy to overdo and make it look snakey. I think the trunk is OK.
I thought bow like movement, an upwards and then downwards movement, was something to create within an elm. At a seminar I went to here in montreal I was actually told it was "elm like" to have this type of movement. Here are two examples I found googleing:
http://www.artofbons...chinese_elm.jpg
http://www.bonsai4me...chinese_elm.jpg
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Posted 03 November 2009 - 12:36 PM
Well, you can make yours look like someone else's bonsai or look like a tree. Your choice.
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Posted 03 November 2009 - 02:59 PM
Sorry, no. I don't do elms.
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