Hi Joanie. I am quite familiar with Doug Phillips and his ideas about growing large tridents. It's also been the
subject of discussions here in the past. 2002 I think. Many years ago. I wonder how the house of wax is doing. My point is exactly as you referenced the web site above: "It's a very interesting website, especially reading from the first trident project to the last one." Doug has come to this method thru trial and error. I just think that making a large trident this way may pose problems that someone not familier with how to grow trees like this may not be able to handle.
I just think it may be easier to do this over a more solid matrix rather than a wire frame, for the first time. Here's a quote from Juliet three years later: "The maples havent actually fused yet, they tend to push into the wax instead of growing together....
Maybe a solid surface would help for a first time..no?
Regards, Al