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Omono
I’ve just begun working on this cork bark elm I got in December from Brent. The trunk is 5” in diameter. The tree is 23” tall. The tall upright apex died back, as well as other branches. There is a very live branch between the tall and short deadwood.
I’ve done some preliminary carving on the deadwood. Most likely, more carving will follow.
My plans for this tree involve making it the kind of tree that is found in farmyards all over the Midwest. Not the kind of tree you see from the Interstate, or even the kind you might see from a 2-lane blacktop near some split level farmhouse. I envision the kind of tree you see driving down single-lane gravel and dirt roads through pitched and rolling countryside. This is a tree that has been struck by lightening, and survived a tornado. It has been broken by ice storms. It is not a pretty elm, but it has character because it is still standing, and every spring, there is new foliage.
I’ve done some preliminary carving on the deadwood. Most likely, more carving will follow.
My plans for this tree involve making it the kind of tree that is found in farmyards all over the Midwest. Not the kind of tree you see from the Interstate, or even the kind you might see from a 2-lane blacktop near some split level farmhouse. I envision the kind of tree you see driving down single-lane gravel and dirt roads through pitched and rolling countryside. This is a tree that has been struck by lightening, and survived a tornado. It has been broken by ice storms. It is not a pretty elm, but it has character because it is still standing, and every spring, there is new foliage.
