The Naked Sumo

mike_p

The presents are opened and scattered about. The house is quiet. Rain is pouring down. A perfect day to work on a bonsai.
I defoliated my sumo-silverberry and cut off the old wire. Then trimming and rewiring. The image is the end of the work for today.

Mike

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Thomas_J.

Mike if there's anyway you can do something about sending some of that rain this way, we here in north Tx. sure would appreciate it. It's starting to get serious here without any real measurable rain in months now. I have cracks in some parts of my back yard where you could literally fall down and get hurt.

Oh yeah, I think the tree and pot are a good match up also.

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RedPine

MikeP,


That is a gnarley looking bonsai,I like it!

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Joanie

Mike, it's awesome! Thank you for showing us...

Joanie

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mike_p

Thanks all, for your kind words. Here's a "birds-eye" view of the silverberry.

Mike

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Learning the mechanics of bonsai is a matter of rote. Over and over again the processes are practiced until the hands and eyes know the moves.
Learning the art of bonsai may be more like water wearing away a stone, or climbing a mountain where the peak is always shrouded in fog and just out of reach.
Persist, and someday you may see the peak in sunshine. You may pick up the stone and it's a thing of beauty.

MP@BBB Studio

Dale Cochoy

Nice twisty, knarley looking tree Mike.
Are the dark areas old cuts? If so, Have you ever tried my use of the mixed acrylic enamel "stencil" paints to camo the areas?
BTW, glads the pic wasn't of a REAL Naked Sumo....EEEUUUWWWWWWWW!!
Dale

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Sohei

Mike,

Great tree. It shows good balance. Would love to see this is full leaf.

mike_p

Sohei, here,s an image of it last March after show prep.

Mike

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Learning the mechanics of bonsai is a matter of rote. Over and over again the processes are practiced until the hands and eyes know the moves.
Learning the art of bonsai may be more like water wearing away a stone, or climbing a mountain where the peak is always shrouded in fog and just out of reach.
Persist, and someday you may see the peak in sunshine. You may pick up the stone and it's a thing of beauty.

MP@BBB Studio

Sohei

Thanks Mike, you must a hell of filing system to find pics with such seemly ease.