Thuja occidentalis restyle

[amkhalid]

I acquired this lovely collected Thuja at a Toronto club sale last month. It has been in bonsai training for around 7 years and has been maintained very well as far as cedars go (i.e. not excessively pinched). As a result, there was an abundance of fine twigs which could be detail wired and the tree was lots of fun to work on.

The design is unusual for a yamadori Thuja - classic informal upright. To make things a bit more dynamic I focused the movement of the tree to the right.

The back of the tree is very interesting but making it the new front would not be easy. Maybe one day, though.

Hope you like it, as always comments are welcome.

Cheers

p.s the tree is about 30 cm tall

 

[JudyB]

wow!

Nice bones...
I like the back...

 

[wireme]

Sweet! I love the floating knee kind of deadwood thing there. The back is cool but even with rearranged foliage I think i would still prefer the current front.

 

[amkhalid]

Sweet! I love the floating knee kind of deadwood thing there. The back is cool but even with rearranged foliage I think i would still prefer the current front.

thanks I like the deadwood feature too. Although it is already starting to rot so I have to be careful. I've treated with wood hardener but when you have Deadwood in contact with the soil you can only do so much.

 

[october]

I love this tree and the work is just outstanding! If only amazing material like this was more available. This tree is beautiful. One of those kinds of trees where you are walking though the nursery, you spot it and there is no hesitation. You pick it up and bring it to the counter to buy.

Rob

 

[amkhalid]

I love this tree and the work is just outstanding! If only amazing material like this was more available. This tree is beautiful. One of those kinds of trees where you are walking though the nursery, you spot it and there is no hesitation. You pick it up and bring it to the counter to buy.

Rob

Thanks Rob. Believe it or not, this tree sat around the sales area at a Toronto show for most of the morning. I passed it up initially because I am not supposed to be adding to my collection, but when I came back and saw it still there I was all like "fine, I guess I have to".

I can't believe it didn't get snatched up. EWC ready for work like this one was are a rarity, and it was dirt cheap. Maybe people around here are getting sick of EWC since they are so much work.

 

[october]

Thanks Rob. Believe it or not, this tree sat around the sales area at a Toronto show for most of the morning. I passed it up initially because I am not supposed to be adding to my collection, but when I came back and saw it still there I was all like "fine, I guess I have to".

I can't believe it didn't get snatched up. EWC ready for work like this one was are a rarity, and it was dirt cheap. Maybe people around here are getting sick of EWC since they are so much work.

Well, if those people are sick of material like this. Perhaps they should spend some time up around these parts. They would be begging for material like this arby.

Rob

 

[MACH5]

Great work on this beautiful tree! Lots of drama on the back. I would maybe consider making this my new front eventually.

 

[amkhalid]

Great work on this beautiful tree! Lots of drama on the back. I would maybe consider making this my new front eventually.

Its definitely an exciting view. Although the upper half of the tree is totally leaning away from you when viewing from that angle. It looks easy in pictures, but when you see the tree in person it is obvious that making this the front would require some dramatic planting angle adjustments, branch bending, and branch removal.

Also, the current front is pretty unique. EWC is common with crazy deadwood, but an EWC with such classic movement as the current front is quite special.

Thanks for the comments!