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Ignore-Amus
It's not a "bad technique" it's a "different technique". No different than screwing a trunk to a board and trying to improve a root spread.
It's the lazy and sad artist that tells people it's wrong to do things rather than work at it and improve your method. I have a few of the trunks grown like that, and the ones done by someone that knows what their doing can be quite beautiful. They don't need decades to see the scars go away, yes time, but as little as three or four years on certain species. It works extremely well on cork elms.
I have a mix, some trident maple, cork elm, Itowigawa juniper, procumbens juniper and pines. Many of these are just starting to be worked and are less than three years old since wire.
Trident maple, five years old, three with wire embedded in trunk. 3/4 inch trunk
Cork Elm,
8 years old, 6 years since wire embedded in trunk. 2 inch trunk
Cork elm
Four years old, five years since wire embedded in trunk. 2.5 inch trunk.
Wire still in trunk and sticking out.
These shohin pines all have wire embedded in the trunk. None are over 8 years old.
This Itowigawa has wire embedded in the trunk and twisted.
This procumbens was done by a friend of mine. He did two of them and had never did this method before. He wanted to try it. This was his result. Not as good as some of the previous trees, but it has lots of texture. I will add some shari this year and remove more branches as it has grown a ton this summer. This was ground grown and cutting to this size was done in four years.
My final thoughts.
Yes the world is full of purists that find this kind of work beneath them. I get it. I didn't spend 6,000.00 for any of these. I'm not planning on showing these in a National Judged show. I just do bonsai in my backyard and occasionally show other trees. I have won plenty of money for other trees so I know the difference. These kind of trees are great for ones collection and add a certain texture you won't find on nursery stock. Many people spend lots of time grinding and carving their bonsai to introduce the exact feelings that can be produced with this method. What have I showed, 8 trees in my collection? Pretty small comparison to over a hundred trees.
8.%
Does it really deserve all the hatred?
It's the lazy and sad artist that tells people it's wrong to do things rather than work at it and improve your method. I have a few of the trunks grown like that, and the ones done by someone that knows what their doing can be quite beautiful. They don't need decades to see the scars go away, yes time, but as little as three or four years on certain species. It works extremely well on cork elms.
I have a mix, some trident maple, cork elm, Itowigawa juniper, procumbens juniper and pines. Many of these are just starting to be worked and are less than three years old since wire.
Trident maple, five years old, three with wire embedded in trunk. 3/4 inch trunk
Cork Elm,
8 years old, 6 years since wire embedded in trunk. 2 inch trunk
Cork elm
Four years old, five years since wire embedded in trunk. 2.5 inch trunk.
Wire still in trunk and sticking out.
These shohin pines all have wire embedded in the trunk. None are over 8 years old.
This Itowigawa has wire embedded in the trunk and twisted.
This procumbens was done by a friend of mine. He did two of them and had never did this method before. He wanted to try it. This was his result. Not as good as some of the previous trees, but it has lots of texture. I will add some shari this year and remove more branches as it has grown a ton this summer. This was ground grown and cutting to this size was done in four years.
My final thoughts.
Yes the world is full of purists that find this kind of work beneath them. I get it. I didn't spend 6,000.00 for any of these. I'm not planning on showing these in a National Judged show. I just do bonsai in my backyard and occasionally show other trees. I have won plenty of money for other trees so I know the difference. These kind of trees are great for ones collection and add a certain texture you won't find on nursery stock. Many people spend lots of time grinding and carving their bonsai to introduce the exact feelings that can be produced with this method. What have I showed, 8 trees in my collection? Pretty small comparison to over a hundred trees.
8.%
Does it really deserve all the hatred?
