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28-Dec-2003
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Han-Kengai The Hard Way.
I had started this thread some time ago. It was during the fire when bonsaiTALK was down for a week. When it came back, many threads that were not saved with the server were deleted. This was one of them.
The subject of the thread had to do with me obtaining some Japanese books by Kyosuke Gun. The great expert in the field of shohin, and also a great illustrator for the pages of bonsai today. In these books I found a great key in the formation of shohin bonsai. Cut away all that is not good and work on the plant that is left and make trhat better. That is the subject of this juniper. I started with a shimpaku juniper that is about 12 years old. It was growing in a 5 gallon container and was pretty good as it was. The branches were starting to develop and the foliage clouds were starting to thicken. The trunk was small though and no amount of branch manipulation was going to hide that fact. The before tree.
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28-Dec-2003
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Greybeard
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The plant was going to be chopped down to size. I decided on usuing the bottom left single branch as the future subject of the tree. I was going for a Han-kengai ( semi-cascade) look.
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28-Dec-2003
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Greybeard
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The branch that I will use is circled in red. The branch comes off the trunk and splits into two seperate branches. They are wired and left to grow.
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28-Dec-2003
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Greybeard
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Mid summer and the tree is growing along quite well. The foliage is filling in and the tree seem to be on its way.
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28-Dec-2003
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Greybeard
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Last week, I decided that the lower branch was adding nothing to the lolok of the tree. The branch was rather straight, and boring and almost gave it a sling-shot look that I hate in trunks. Even though this is the branches of the tree, the two branches that make up this tree are more like a trunk then branches. One has to go. the bottom one is the culprit.
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28-Dec-2003
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Greybeard
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In the last photo, the roots are extremly exposed. I had been washing the soil out of the pot all summer. It was determined the the trunk forked very shallow in the pot. I decided to make it a sort of han-kegai, neagari style tree. I bought a moon crecent pot at the convention for the tree. I decided that with the exposed roots that this pot would show the tree off the best.
I also bought the stand with this tree in mind. It is made of wenge wood and is feminine in shape. Should bring the whole composition together.
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28-Dec-2003
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Greybeard
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The final effect.
I would like to have a taller back side to the pot. When the foliage grows in this spring it will get some additional pruning and shaping. The apex of the tree makes a sharp bend to an upright shape, and will be more apparent later after the final styling. Re-potted Christmas day, 2003 Al Keppler
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29-Dec-2003
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Greybeard
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The redline traces the trunkline as it is for now. Who knows, it may change in the future.
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29-Dec-2003
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Wonderful job Al. Looks just like one of the trees on Kyosuke's website. I have been in search of a dealer that sells the books by Kyosuke Gunn. Do you know of any that still sell them?
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29-Dec-2003
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Al, this is a very interesting idea and a very interesting thread. I have a couple of questions:
1. Do you think that this principle applies just as well to larger bonsai? 2. In developing larger trees from smaller stock, to you think this process should occur sooner or later? That is, do you think that if a tree lager than the raw material will support is desired, the pre-bonsai stock should be allowed to grow uncontrolled or it should be cut back frequently as in your example and developed more slowly and in a more controlled fashion? I am relating this thread back to an article that I was very impressed by somewhat recently, "Focal Point Design" and believe it compliments it. Some of my stock, after 2 years of development, seems to have reached a point where, this Spring, I can start styling of it and these sorts of ideas are very helpful. Best regards, Fred |
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