jhill

Bart,,
It seems to me that Chase was not bending a trunk but spliting a trunk into two trunks,,am I right?? When you split a trunk to bend,,the trunk is still where it is at but you position it in a differernt area, right? So you split a trunk verticlally it will let you bend it horizontaly( man I can't spell for sh&^&^%%it)
right? You can split a trunk and leave it split and design off it.This is where the twist comes into effect. You can split a trunk and twist it letting the trunk leave air pockets or open voids as long the live viens are intact. This leaves a nice and natural look, if that is what you are after? There are so many things that you can do but you just have to experiment and see? I have done some crazy experiments in my time but they have taught me a great deal!

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John

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