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12-Jan-2008

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critique my collection

I would like some you more experienced artists to critique some of my nicer material. The juniper was styled by Ted Matson at the Triangle Bonsai society april 2007 demo, I bought it at the December auction. The kingsville boxwood I bought from meehan's miniatures at the 2007 NC Expo. I will post some more trees tomorrow

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12-Jan-2008	#2
Repotter Hec DeBrabant Join Date: Nov-2004 Location: Southern Michigan Country: USA USDA Zone: 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 993	Well, I do not consider myself an artist but having done a few trees might put me in the "experienced" category. I think the lower right side branch on the Juniper makes it look a little too balanced. I would consider shortening or even removal of it to give the tree a more asymetrical look. If it is shortened it could be used for more jin in that area. And eventually thinning out some of the canopy to create some negative space. The tree has very nice potential and I like the shari on the trunk. Good luck, Hector __________________ http://www.tellys.com http://www.Fourseasonsbonsai.com The original Four Seasons Bonsai Club of Michigan. Guest master Pedro Morales visit was a huge success. Tellys Greenhouse, 3301 John R road, Troy Mi. 48083 Four Seasons Bonsai Club meetings monthly. Troy, Michigan "Anything is possible when you don't know what you are doing"................someone famous I think.

12-Jan-2008

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Originally Posted by Repotter

Well, I do not consider myself an artist but having done a few trees might put me in the "experienced" category.
I think the lower right side branch on the Juniper makes it look a little too balanced.
I would consider shortening or even removal of it to give the tree a more asymetrical look. If it is shortened it could be used for more jin in that area.
And eventually thinning out some of the canopy to create some negative space.
The tree has very nice potential and I like the shari on the trunk.

Good luck, Hector

I agree with Hec. There is a lot of nice movement in that branch, so it would make a very attractive jin. I think the tree is trying to do too much, but it's a nice piece of material. Good get.

The kingsvilles are nice trees to work with but it's impossible to tell anything from the photo you provided.

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12-Jan-2008

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So Your talking about removing the branch in this virt

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