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Bonsai nare-do-well
Join Date: Jan-2003
Location: Summerville SC
Country: USA
Posts: 4,653
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Originally Posted by BONSAI_OUTLAW
Yes a nice article indeed...
I would love to see a follow up to this one along the lines of: If one has picked out good stock, how to go about developing it. I have seen others do it and would like to see a "Ron" perspective or slant to it.
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I had thought of doing exactly that but it is not as easy as it sounds.
To do it right would mean following the tree through the styling process. A picture of it at every stage. That would take a lot of time. A few years for just the photos to be done.
Some things are just too big to be covered in an article. A book would be necessary. A project that I am not sure that I am up to.
I do like doing small articles on little bits of the bonsai craft. Answering specific questions like I did in the preceding article.
Most of my articles have been published in the ABS Journal so I can’t really post them to a forum and still be fair to the Journal. I have done it in the past but always with their permission.
Most of those articles try to explain specific styling concepts. The use and meaning of the scalene triangle for example.
I have posted parts of those articles here on this forum. Mostly to get inputs from others when I was writing them. A sneaky way of getting a bit of help. If it got ripped up too bad here then I know not to continue with the article. ;o)
While I can’t really post those articles here on the forum I can send them to individuals that want them. Just PM me with an email address to send them to. All I ask is that they don’t wind up posted on a forum without first asking the ABS Journal for permission.
They might take a bit of download time for dial ups but not too bad.
I have articles on forest plantings, the scalene triangle, soil , nutrition just to name a few.
Thanks again for all the nice comments. I will try not to let my head swell up too much ;o)
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