Ruddigger
Omono
@NateDyk47 We usually get to freezing temps for about an hour or two per year, so no risk. These go right back out on the display pedestals.
Rudd’s Pseudo-Apprenticeship at Bonsai Jidai
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Ruddigger
Omono
Can I just take a minute to compare my skillset from last year to now?
2023 has been a good year of learning and personal growth. Happy New Year to everyone, thanks to everyone that has been watching my progress in this thread and commenting. Much appreciated.
2023 has been a good year of learning and personal growth. Happy New Year to everyone, thanks to everyone that has been watching my progress in this thread and commenting. Much appreciated.
NateDyk47
Shohin
Wow! That's amazing progress. I hope I'm lucky enough to get an opportunity like that some day.
Scriv
Yamadori
Beautiful, beautiful work, Rudd
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Deleted member 47471
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strong work
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Deleted member 47471
Guest
What would you say were the 3-4 most helpful insights to aid in your understanding and creation of apex/foliage/silhouette?
Ruddigger
Omono
The thing that helps me alot is taking a picture and adjusting things based on that. It’s easy to miss things while looking at the tree in 3D.
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
I do this a lot and have been for years now, I find its helped me a lot. Its a shame, that many folk just dont see the value in photographing your trees.
If I have a branch that looks too long and straight on a photo, it probably did in 3d too but I just didnt notice it yet.
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Deleted member 47471
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That makes sense, sure. Much appreciated.
Colorado
Masterpiece
This has been a fun thread to follow - keep it coming in 2024!
Adamski77
Shohin
That's an interesting topic on its own... and apologize for cutting into this thread. I struggle with this one as I often I feel the tree looks good in 3D... than I take a photo (and I do take a lot of photos of my trees)... and my conclusion is the photo doesn't make the justice to what the tree looks like in reality.
How do you handle that type of dilemma between (1) crap photo that doesn't do the justice, and (2) I must have been wrong looking at the tree in 3D?
Ruddigger
Omono
I think the reason the photo thing is helpful is because its easy to BS ourselves when the tree is in front of us. We can move our head around a little and that branch that was off looks good, but that doesnt work with a picture.
Ruddigger
Omono
My fellow Chino Bonsai Club members and I all participated in working this California Juniper with Sensei Nguy.
Last Saturday we worked the deadwood.
And today we did the heavy bending. We started by removing some of the deadwood that was along the backside of this upright branch.
Then separated the only live vein with a sawzall and branch splitters.
Raffia
Bending and applying wire as we go.
Before and after.
Detail wiring will happen later this year after some recovery time.
Last Saturday we worked the deadwood.
And today we did the heavy bending. We started by removing some of the deadwood that was along the backside of this upright branch.
Then separated the only live vein with a sawzall and branch splitters.
Raffia
Bending and applying wire as we go.
Before and after.
Detail wiring will happen later this year after some recovery time.
Scriv
Yamadori
Awesome material. How long did that bend take?
pandacular
Masterpiece
Is that super thick aluminum wire? Does the sensei prefer that over copper for this sort of work?
Ruddigger
Omono
The whole process took half a day, but the actual bend only took a few minutes.
Ruddigger
Omono
7mm aluminum. For initial styling, he prefers it.
Scriv
Yamadori
Damn… that’s something I’d be spending a half day just warming up the branch, ha. Did that single wire hold it? Or did you guy wire to finish it off?
ZombieNick
Shohin
I gotta add a shot of the ridiculously large branch splitter:
Ruddigger
Omono
There are a couple guy wires as well.
