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20-Feb-2005
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Pine Master in Training
 
Join Date: Oct-2004
Location: Canberra
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Norway Spruce HEAVY BEND PICS! From nursery stock.. all up about 1MB
hey guys! as most of you know ive only been into bonsai for about a year now, and this is my first really heavy bending using raffia and BIG wire!
i hope it answers questions for a lot of newbies, or people that havn't done any decent bending! the trunk is about 30mm(1 1/8 inches) thick and yeah well i documented the whole thing from nursery stock to bending and pre bonsai! ill post a new thread in a couple of days/weeks once all the little branches are wired aswell! heres the pictures! obviously you cant go too drastic or FINAL straight away, but in a few months, it should be great to finalise the shape etc before spring! This is pretty much overall just for people who want to see raffia being used by and AMATEUR for the first time without any practice. hehe. thank god for this forum or else i would not have about 1/1000000th the confidence i have now. so here goes. first few pics are of a bucket of warm water, the dry raffia and about 10 minutes later how much the raffia expands in the bucket. then a before shot of the spruce. then a prune, then into the prep. by the way if the pics suck its because it was at about 12-3am!!!! ive now got a few more anchor wires drilled through the plastic pot. so ill post them up tommorrow! enjoy folks!
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20-Feb-2005
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Pine Master in Training
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hres somre more pics. not too many more to go!!
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20-Feb-2005
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Pine Master in Training
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and last but not least......
dunnahhhhhh. finished. well for the night anyways. also im really sorry i put the first before shot LAST! because i left it out at the start lol well thanks to everyone for a great forum, not looking for any "that was crap" comments, but some "next time try this, youngster" comments would be great! btw hi to everyone that hasn't seen me around, my name is dave from canberra australia, your forum is GREAT! and im only 20 years old! so treat me nice!  thanks guys!! -Dave
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20-Feb-2005
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Bonsai Barry
 
Join Date: Dec-2004
Location: Santa Maria, CA
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Thanks for the photos, Dave. Your wrapping and wiring job looks very clean to this untrianed eye.
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20-Feb-2005
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
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Good job! Thanks for sharing!
Newt
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20-Feb-2005
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Pine Master in Training
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thanks heaps guys! kind words are appreciated!
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20-Feb-2005
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Yup, Congratz on a job well done. Those trunks are pretty darn stubborn to bend, and you have achieved some nice movement in this one.
Nice job! Regards, Aaron |
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20-Feb-2005
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Pine Master in Training
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the bruises on my hands are testament to a hard job! lol. ill go take a quick pic of how it looks 2 days after with the anchor wires.
i figure it might help some people learn so why not share! thats what this forum is all about i say!
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21-Feb-2005
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Old at heart
Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: Calgary
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My fingers are crossed that it'll hold that shape when you take the wire off. Every spruce I've ever wired creeps back to it's original shape fairly quickly.
Peace -Cody |
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21-Feb-2005
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Pine Master in Training
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my fingers are crossed aswell! its going to stay on there for a decent amount of time! lets just hope due to brute force ARGH it will hold. lol
btw cody how long did you leave the wires on for? how ever long it was ill try and leave longer than! thanks
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