Carl_Bergstrom

Al, I'm guilty as charged - here, and in my backyard as well (see the picture below).

I do like naturalistic trees, very much. I also aspire to be able to fashion nice "cookie cutter" shohin as well and I thought, perhaps foolishly, that others would feel similarly.

Part of the key here is to figure out how to make an elegant and sustainable naturalistic tree, and to be honest, I don't see how given that trunk line. (But that's why I'm Old Mister Crow and not Walter Pall.)

How would you fashion this one to be naturalistic (as opposed to unstyled)? I'd love to see a virtual.

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What was really interesting to me about your comment was that I'd unconsciously been doing this in my own back yard as well.

Here's a "cookie cutter" beech that I bought last year as a seedling in about the same stage of development and shaped just a few weeks ago.

Before......and after.

Talk about bad wiring jobs!!! I've really been humiliating myself on this forum lately Ah well, all in the name of Art. (Just kidding, just kidding....)


Oh, and yes, I already put it into a growing box! Last Saturday, in fact.

All the best,
Old Mister

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