Its winter trim-n- wire larch time

[crust]

Yes its winter trim-n- wire larch time. Got through a bunch, many to go yet. Here is a small art piece that is all thinned up and wired. Its still frozen solid and will get popped back into my storage facility and remain there until its fully spring. It is a fun one that gets better and better. The rock was pilfered from Lake Champlain--the gun from an antique shop which was implanted 5 or 7 years ago--I can't remember. Its a mischievous joy anyways. Now on the rest--most of which are tall and skinny and boring.

 

[Nybonsai12]

Wow! Never seen anything like this before. Interested to see the responses. Props for doing something different.

 

[monza]

Interesting for sure. IMO it would be way better with out the gun but as you state it's art!
Did you carve the gun into it, looks like it's been growing in there for years?

 

[crust]

Interesting for sure. IMO it would be way better with out the gun but as you state it's art!
Did you carve the gun into it, looks like it's been growing in there for years?

I removed the wooden parts of the gun handle and carved a deep fitting hole in the trunk of the tree and fitted and epoxied the metal handle frame in perfectly. I did this 5 or 7 years ago plus fitted it on the rock. The plant was a weird hack back larch I had grown in a growing bed. The tree itself is a ugly runt. In retrospect I should have melted the barrel some.

 

[Beng]

Looks like something nick lenz might create. Why'd you decide to stick the gun in it? It's interesting.

Ben

 

[JudyB]

Amusing. At first glance it almost looked like the rock had been carved into that shape.
Now for some pics of your "boring" trees!!! Please?

 

[crust]

Looks like something nick lenz might create. Why'd you decide to stick the gun in it? It's interesting.

Ben

Guns are cool. Something like this is hardy original. Its not really well proportioned or inspired but I did do it. Strangely, the gun was bought on the way to a collecting trip with, who else but, Nick Lenz. We bought some stuff at a junky little shop in a small town but the gun sat on a shelf at his place (he said something about it being too nice) for some years before he gifted it back to me. I wonder how long it will take for the gun to rust away--who knows.

 

[davetree]

Nice work, it will be fun to watch it develop. Minnesota tree ?

 

[crust]

Nice work, it will be fun to watch it develop. Minnesota tree ?

Yes a Minnesota tree. Some small thing I smashed and cut back and planted in the ground years ago where it grew too-long ugly roots. I am sure it started as a swamp seedling.

 

[tmmason10]

That's a creative piece right there. It's definitely a reminder to what your friend Nick creates.

 

[amkhalid]

Cool I've heard of people planting trees on guns (or vice versa) but never actually seen the result.

I wish I had something like this just for the shock value. But its easier to find larches with taper than it is to find guns around here