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It is a very unconventional piece of stock. I agree with Al's comments about platitudes too. Opinion is the lifeblood of forums - you can take them or leave them but be richer about the possibilities they present.

Firstly this could be a candidate for creating a composition using the stump as a base for a mountain scene with the twigs being trained into small individual trees. Landscape on a stump ....

It would need substantial growing out of a new leader to get anywhere near believable taper for an individual tree - Al's comment about nebari would also affect the overall quality of this option too. Some skilful carving would be needed on the extreme left of the trunk to correct inverse taper.

Could a raft style be a possibility - flipped onto it's right side and using the existing growth to the left of the tall tip. Again not without it's difficulties - maybe thread graft some shoots onto the lower left portion of the trunk and gradually cut away the root ball.

An interesting piece of raw material but not without it's problems.

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18-May-2008	#10
Marie1uk Suiseki Mountaineer Join Date: Jun-2006 Location: Doncaster Country: England Posts: 243	It is a very unconventional piece of stock. I agree with Al's comments about platitudes too. Opinion is the lifeblood of forums - you can take them or leave them but be richer about the possibilities they present. Firstly this could be a candidate for creating a composition using the stump as a base for a mountain scene with the twigs being trained into small individual trees. Landscape on a stump .... It would need substantial growing out of a new leader to get anywhere near believable taper for an individual tree - Al's comment about nebari would also affect the overall quality of this option too. Some skilful carving would be needed on the extreme left of the trunk to correct inverse taper. Could a raft style be a possibility - flipped onto it's right side and using the existing growth to the left of the tall tip. Again not without it's difficulties - maybe thread graft some shoots onto the lower left portion of the trunk and gradually cut away the root ball. An interesting piece of raw material but not without it's problems. __________________ Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. Every morning is the dawn of a new error. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.