Black Pine – one step forward two steps back.
Another in the series of updates i will be posting over the next few weeks. The tree in question in this post is a japanese black pine that was originally a demonstration tree styled as part of the...
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The below tree is bonsai i have had on my benches for a number of years. For some reason i hadn’t really worked it much over that time and was putting it off so it could be used as demonstration...
View ArticlePinus sylvestris ssp. something-or-other
One of the recent trees I worked was the below Pinus sylvestris or Scott’s Pine. It’s a tree I have gone on a rollercoaster ‘love-hate’ relationship with over a long period of time. The tree was...
View ArticleProject Maple, a few years on….
I’ve had a spur of motivation lately. In my private life i have changed jobs and am now working a 4 day week. It’s given me the hint of a day a week i can spend on myself and thus far i’ve been...
View ArticleA touch of copper.
I’ve been working through some of my trees. Two of which are these black pines that were featured in the below blog post earlier this year: CLICK HERE Those two trees had their yearly needle work done...
View ArticleCedar re-wire.
I don’t grow cedars myself but I have worked a number of nice ones over the years. The tree below is no exception. It is owned by a good friend of mine who had just got it back after it spent a number...
View ArticleJapanese Red Pine update.
Another tree that has been worked recently was this Japanese Red Pine. It was a tree that I styled for a friend that later found it way onto my benches. I really love this little tree and enjoy...
View ArticleThe tree previously know as ‘Sonare’
It seems a consistent theme is me not updating my blog. Well, it’s been a long time between posts again so figured I should make an update….. I’ve been fairly active doing various things within the...
View ArticleDreaming of Onomichi
A number of years ago we visited Onomichi in southern Japan as a bit of a side trip during a family visit to Japan. I fell in love with the town for some reason. While i cant really put my finger on...
View ArticleIt doesn’t always go to plan…….
With some down time over the Christmas holidays, I finally got around to re-styling THIS TREE. It had been growing mostly untouched for a couple of years and had well and truly outgrown its former...
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