clive bennett
Mame
very nice tree, a year or two refinement and a new smaller pot and you have a real winner, great material
I was thinking of that as well with perhaps the addition of more right bend of the main stem ( where it already shows )?Something about that branch looking like a continuation of a loop is distracting to me.
I'd like to see that branch moved away from the front of the trunk too.
It feels disconnected somehow.
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Sorce
I like the new pot. Looking great.Repotted into a nanban-style container. Not special, but definitely more fitting. @thams see the British soldiers?
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Repotted into a nanban-style container. Not special, but definitely more fitting. @thams see the British soldiers?
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Me, too, if I may....... ...I wonder if planting a bit off center to the right would be a good choice?
I played around with placement: setting it off-center in a round pot just looked like a mistake; and to balance the left movement with right placement made the whole composition look like a rookie error. Centering it left/right supports the visual tension of the unbalanced foliage. I did place it slightly forward to make the pot appear smaller.I really like the pot for it. I wonder if planting a bit off center to the right would be a good choice?
Older!Do you have a particular pot in mind?
The original pot is by Sara Rayner, and she calls that slip texture "combed", so I doubt even she knows what you're talking about. A search of the term translated katawakuruma to "half-wheel"; showing rolling hills and karate moves.In the original pot it seemed to have a 方輪車 (katawakuruma) style design etched on the sides. Do you know the history of this 模様 (moyou) or pattern?