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Al, not only is 'cookie cutter bonsai' not a bad thing, I think it is also not that easy. When you hear the term cookie cutter anything, you think of something that is a copy possible a simple thing to do. Bonsai, is not simple, as almost all of us know. Producing a tree that is in a cookie cutter style is also not easy and probably not going to give the exact same result. Cookie Cutter is an approximation.

I would very much like to see a thread next year ( a contest if we must) that starts with a picture of a clasical Juniper or other easy and inexspensive tree. The object of the thread would be to give everyone 3 months to produce two cookie cutter trees. My guess is that few if any of these cookie cutter copies will look like the original. I do not think that many will be able to take their two trees and get them to look like each other less the original.

Nature does not give us exactly the same tree each time we start. I know, I am straying a bit from the true cookie cutter ideals but does this have merit?

Jay

28-Aug-2003	#2
Jay YOU CAN NOT RUSH TIME Join Date: Sep-2001 Location: Jeffersonville Vt Country: USA USDA Zone: 4 AHS Heat Zone: 3 Posts: 2,154	Al, not only is 'cookie cutter bonsai' not a bad thing, I think it is also not that easy. When you hear the term cookie cutter anything, you think of something that is a copy possible a simple thing to do. Bonsai, is not simple, as almost all of us know. Producing a tree that is in a cookie cutter style is also not easy and probably not going to give the exact same result. Cookie Cutter is an approximation. I would very much like to see a thread next year ( a contest if we must) that starts with a picture of a clasical Juniper or other easy and inexspensive tree. The object of the thread would be to give everyone 3 months to produce two cookie cutter trees. My guess is that few if any of these cookie cutter copies will look like the original. I do not think that many will be able to take their two trees and get them to look like each other less the original. Nature does not give us exactly the same tree each time we start. I know, I am straying a bit from the true cookie cutter ideals but does this have merit? Jay __________________ A Bonsai student living with his trees at N 44.37 W 77.49... Think before you act... then think again... no good comes from rushing