Arakawa Japanese Maple

Ruddigger said:

Beautiful tree, beautiful pot. Really cool to see a collaboration between two of the best.

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JudyB said:

^^^^^ yessssss, that is awesome!

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Canada Bonsai said:

wow

Did you and @NaoTK record the conversations when coming to this pot design? I would have listened to that as a podcast

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NaoTK said:

Looks great Sergio! I agree, maybe 1-2" wider and ~.25-.5" deeper next time? That pot is 21.5" external. It is wider than the original but the sloped sidewalls give less visual mass.

now let's see some leaves!

edit: The glaze is opalescent and will look different in different light. Whatever bounce you are using makes the pot glow nicely!

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Dav4 said:

One of my favorite trees here! The tree continues to improve, but the base of that tree is exceptional... so powerful! I love the pot... obviously. Any favorable comparison to Tofukuji's glazes is high praise, but the lines of the pot are wonderful, too. I'm thinking it's high time I added a Nao pot to the collection... seriously!

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clem said:

so nice tree, so elegant branches movements... it motivates me to try to do as well on mines later
You are certainly very busy but if you could, one day, take pics and show us how you proceed to make the small branches selections and movements (pic before/pic after), it would be very usefull

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bonsaiwood said:

¡Que chulada de árbol en verdad!

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clem said:

so nice tree, so elegant branches movements... it motivates me to try to do as well on mines later
You are certainly very busy but if you could, one day, take pics and show us how you proceed to make the small branches selections and movements (pic before/pic after), it would be very usefull

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Bonsai Forest said:

That type of resource is hard to find. Usually, in lectures or videos, the artist will verbalize the level of maturity or woodiness of the branch needed before cutting back to buds or other growing branches.

I have heard that for conifers such as junipers, if you cut back to growth you want to promote into ramification (further branching with shorter nodes) on a primary or secondary branch that has not matured itself or become “woody” enough, the branch will remain weak and flemsy and inhibit the goal for maturity and further ramification. Maybe the same rule applies for deciduous (?)

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MACH5 said:

Yes, true for some conifers like shimpaku.

For deciduous a very different story. You can cut back to weak shoots or small branches and let them develop with no problem. It may take some time for them to gain strength but they will. With that said you never want to cut flush right away to the weak shoots. Leaving a short stump is much safer.

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MACH5 said:

This spring evenly budding all throughout.

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