new_hinoki_cypress

 A Chamacyparis obtusa i bought in a nursery two month ago.

The tree seemed a bit neglected, but it was healthy enough to be styled.

The inner primary-structure is based on a five-trunc. The leafes of the tree show

different colour-shades. Maybe the reason for this is a kind of a natural "winter-colouration",

And the Cypress as a across-fading image over the former raw-plant.

first_styling_chamaecyparis

 A couple of days ago i tried on this one.

A Chamacyparis obtusa, bought in a regular garden-center. The kind of material that is easy 

to obtain almost everywere. 

I think every bonsai-enthusiat tries this species one day ... 

So did i, and i am very pleased with the obtusas's properties for styling little trees.

Of course this specimen is still very far from glory, Just the very first styling ...

 And the cross-fading-picture with the foto of the initial raw-material ...

virtual_tanuki_2

 Well, here again another study of a possible design for a tanuki-trunc.

The virtual  as a refernce-picture and a picture of the raw  trunc just for the record.

tanuki_project_1

 

Working on the trunc is not finished yet, but here i go with a quick virtual of the project:

The source is a stem of a Thuja wich died unfortunately a couple of years ago.

I carved and hollowed here and there a bit. 

fenceline_yew

 I must confess, i could not resist to style this yew before shedule.

The tree showed such a great vitality, that i decided to give it a try.

A picture of the yews development . The pale background shows the  tree before the styling-session.

the_joy_of_transformation_part_two

 Same game, different tree.

Again a Juniperus Squamata 'Holger' (i guess). 

I am not quiet sure about the name of this particular species. 

Please leave a comment if you know more about this Juniper-variant.

Mister Jens Ringe from "Bonsaikunst Hamburg" helped me with the heavy bendings 

of the new truncline. 

The last picture again shows the blending of the raw-material with the tree as of today.

Within this picture the part of the original-state is a bit blanched in order to differ the two stages.

the_joy_of_transformation_part_one

 Worked on this Juniper a couple of days before. 

I am reasonably satisfied with the result, if  you take the speed of the development into account. 

I am trying to display that in the third picture, wich is a blending of the actual state of the tree into the 

state of  December 2020.

And please bear in mind that this had been the very first serious styling-session for this tree ...