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18-Apr-2006
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Oh man thats bad
Hi,
I put together a "forest" with some pyracanthia over the weekend using one of my natural stone slabs. It didn't turn out even close to what I had in my minds eye..maybe it will do better next year.Yuk.
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18-Apr-2006
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bonsaiTALK Adept
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Oh, wow. You're right - that sucks. How could you post that? Winky dude should go here - I can't figure out how to make it work. Feel free to beat me up on this one...
I am of course just kidding. I think that you are off to a good start. In fact, I have never done a forest, so you are off to a much better start than I could ever muster... To my untrained eye, my first thought was that you did not have nearly enough trees on the slab - they are evenly spaced and spread out - and it looks out of scale. Furter, they appear to be too symetrically placed on the slab. I think that if you had 3x the number of trees - in a variety of sizes - and did groupings of them instead of spacing them on this large slab, you would be headed the direction you had envisioned (a guess). Good luck - keep us posted. Again, I ain't the forest guru, so I am curious what those with more experience can teach us.
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18-Apr-2006
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NICE natural rock slab Wes!!
D.
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________________________________ If you want to be Different.... You have to DO something Different! __________________________________________ Some people NEVER take the time to do a job right the first time.... but, they always seem to make the time to do it over again... ____________________________________________ Dale Cochoy Wild Things Bonsai Studio Yakimono no Kokoro Bonsai Pottery Hartville, Ohio Last edited by Dale Cochoy : 19-Apr-2006 at 01:49 PM. |
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18-Apr-2006
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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: Apr-2006
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Nice Slab keep on it man it will get better with practice. I never done one alone my self but comend you on trying it..
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18-Apr-2006
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Enthusiast
 
Join Date: Feb-2005
Location: Carlsbad, California..coastal desert
Country: United States
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Rich, if you want to make the winky dude in your post, just stop typing wherever you want him, then take your mouse and click on the smilie up there on the toolbar. (He's right above the little earth-and-chain thingy, which makes links work) Click on him, then you will get a pull down with all the smilies.
And to make a link work inside of your post, you need to "copy" the link address (you know... go up to where the address bar thing is for the website you want to show, and highlight and copy it) Then highlight the word you want the link to appear in, and take your mouse and click on the world-and-link thingy. Paste the address you want into the little window that appears, and you're all set. You can do this, see?  And for the slab planting, it sure is hard to make them like you want them to be. Specially if you aren't used to working with groups. Wes, it'll grow a bit, and next year you can play with the spacing a little. Maybe group them all closer, like a clump, and leave lots of space around them?? Joanie |
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18-Apr-2006
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bonsaiTALK ArchMaster
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Hi,
Glad you guys like the slab. This is my 3rd forest attempt, started with some scheffleras..gave them away with a baldie I sold then did the black olives and tried again with these pyras. I think I will scoot the trees over more to the left and make them a little closer together...at least thats what seems to be "wrong".
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
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I really like that stone. --Jim |
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18-Apr-2006
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
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Seriously, I think if the slab was shorter and thinner, or if the trees were grouped as tho they were on the edge of a field this would look nicer. It's still a lot better than I have done: none. Thanks for posting, Wes!
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18-Apr-2006
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To my untrained eye, my first thought was that you did not have nearly enough trees on the slab - they are evenly spaced and spread out - and it looks out of scale. Furter, they appear to be too symetrically placed on the slab.
I think that if you had 3x the number of trees - in a variety of sizes - and did groupings of them instead of spacing them on this large slab, you would be headed the direction you had envisioned (a guess). What he said. Give yourself a break, another option might be a smaller slab. |
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19-Apr-2006
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bonsaiTALK ArchMaster
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You've made the classic mistake of a first time forest--You tried to make a "forest" not a composition
 . A forest, as most people are used to see it, is a space where trees are spread pretty evenly and regularly. A bonsai forest is the opposite. It uses space differently. Trees must be tightly and asymetrically grouped, using open space to accent them. That means tight grouping of trees in one area, leaving a balancing area of open space in another, or a series of "tree spaces" punctuated by "open spaces." Simply planting these trees to one side and as close together as you can get them, using trunk thicknesses as a guide to which to feature in the front, will make it a great one. The slab you've chosen is an excellent one for a forest. Slabs are the ultimate pot for forest plantings, as they emphasize space and openess, yet provide a foundation for the trees to rest on. |
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